Re: nonwiping netinstall
On Wed, Jun 08, 2005 at 03:26:28PM -0400, Hendrik Boom wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 08, 2005 at 11:44:53AM -0400, Robert Wolfe wrote:
> > On Wed, 8 Jun 2005, Hendrik Boom wrote:
> >
> > >Is there any way to use the new net-installer *without*
> > >wiping clean the partition being installed to?
> >
> > Not that I know of. Are you trying to upgrade an existing Debian
> > installation by any chance?
>
> I have a machine with a working, up-to-date sarge and a dead woody.
> (woody boots but will not access the net -- I suspect it doesn't
> have the right driver after a hardware upgrade)
> I wanted to start a testing installation to replace woody.
> Unfortunately, all the user files are on the pertition with the dead woody.
> I'd like to reduce the number of necessary backups by one.
>
> -- hendrik
Maybe the thing to do is to burn the first sarge (or etch, for that matter)
cd, and present it to woody as another apt-source.
-- hendrik
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