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Re: Ubuntu to Debian Installation



On Thu, Jan 25, 2007 at 12:49:20PM +1030, Stef Daniels VK5HSX wrote:
> Greetings,
> 
>       I have got several Debian installations, however, my desktop
> machine has Ubuntu 6.06 installed. What I wish to know is if there is an
> easy way to change installations (without actually going through the
> install) by changing the repositories and doing 
> 
> #apt-get dist-upgrade
> 
> as I know that apt has "Super Cow Powers" 8-)
> 
> Is it wise to do it this way?
> Has someone else done this?
> Any tips, tricks to doing it?

I haven't done it, but your best bet is to probably uninstall as much
as possible before making the switch. The less on the system, the less
likely you are to run into problems. Probably easier to reinstall
though. Just archive all your configs somewhere and start form
scratch. 

A

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