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Re: Installation: How do I bypass partitioning?



2009/8/30 Jason Hsu <jhsu802701@jasonhsu.com>:
> 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.

Select manual paritioning, Update the mount points of the partition/s
you want to install to, select partition type and *format this
partion.

Install.

HTH Adrian

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