Re: Ubuntu to Debian
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Brooks R. Robinson wrote:
> Greetings oh most knowledgeable list,
>
> I recently purchased a new fancy schmancy Dell a couple of months ago,
> and I have been delinquent in installing Linux on it. So, I recently
> purchased an additional hard drive and attempted to put Debian on it (as
> God intended). Sarge didn't want to recognize my hardware and Sid just
> plain crapped out. I tried to do a Knoppix install, but I don't like
> their one big partition methodology. I ended up putting the base
> "server" install of Ubuntu 5.10 "The Breezy Badger" on it (which was
> also quite the pain the the keester, for the record I hate initrd). So
> I have a semi-usable system, finally accomplished last night.
>
> Now for the question: Can I, without too much heartburn, upgrade my
> install the Etch or Sid? Is it as simple as changing my sources.list,
> doing and apt-get update and an apt-get dist-upgrade? I'm sure I'll end
> up with a bunch of cruft, but I'd rather be on Debian proper than
> Ubuntu. Any thoughts would be helpful.
>
> Please CC me as I am not on the list.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Brooks
>
If you have your /home directory mounted on a separate partition (I HIGHLY
recommend this), you can simply install debian, and mount your ubuntu /home as
your /debian home. This is how I would approach it. Faiing that, I'd backup
all my /home data and do a fresh install (and make a separate /home partition
while I was at it). I've had bad experiences with mixed knoppix/debian systems,
so I would definitely shy away from that approach, IMHO.
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