Net-install CD: What it does to existing partitions and installations
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
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