Re: Net-install CD: What it does to existing partitions and installations
On Thu, 03 Aug 2006 10:32:01 +0900
Ian Astley <kayaroba@mac.com> wrote:
> I currently run a Linux machine under Fedora Core 5. I am interested
> in having a look at Debian too and downloaded and burnt the
> Net-install CD from the main site, with a view to compiling a Debian
> kernel which I would then have nominated in GRUB alongside the
> existing FC5 kernels I have. The CD booted as it should but when I
> got to the partitioning options I was not too sure exactly what it
> would do to the existing partitions (which it identified correctly),
> since the on-screen directions did not explicitly state that my
> existing installation would be left unharmed. Fedora and SuSE, both
> of which I have, are much clearer about this stage in the
> installation process. Could anyone clarify this please? I downloaded
> the Net-install CD because I did not want to go through the rigmarole
> of downloading a full set of CDs when conceivable I would only need a
> fraction of the data in the first instance.
>
> Many thanks in advance,
>
> Ian Astley
> tokyoi at mac com
>
>
Select 'manually edit partition table' from the first partitioner
screen. You can then select the partition(s) to install or resize. If
you select grub as your boot loader you will be asked if you want to add
exist installs to the grub menu.lst. I am using the daily build, not
sure if resize is on the beta2 cd.
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Greg Madden
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