Re: Installation: How do I bypass partitioning?

[Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net>]

On 2009-08-29 22:09, Jason Hsu wrote:
> I have a laptop with Windows XP already installed one one
> partition and Puppy Linux already installed on another partition.
>
>
> I have additional partitions.  How do I install Debian on another
> partition?  The installer insists that I write the partitions
> before I install Debian.  Is there a way to skip this step given
> that writing a partition essentially means deleting everything on
> the drive?  Puppy Linux didn't insist on writing the partitions
> when I installed it after putting Windows XP on the first
> partition.

If you're installing Debian to a new partition, then the installer 
*must* write the updated partition table.

What am I missing?

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