On Sep 4, 2013 11:41 PM, "Kim Christensen" <kchr+debian@technopragmatics.org> wrote:
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> On 09/04/2013 09:53 PM, Kim Christensen wrote:
> > On 09/04/2013 07:58 PM, Anubhav Yadav wrote:
> >> Can I install debian again on my machine (without any desktop manager)
> >> on a separate partition for / and use the /home, /usr, /var and /temp
> >> from my current debian installation?
> >
> > I would recommend installing separate Debian systems using Linux
> > Containers (LXC)[1], or similar chrooting/virtual Linux solution.
>
> And I actually managed to forget the footnote... Shame on me.
>
> [1] https://wiki.debian.org/LXC
> http://wiki.openvz.org/Category:Debian
> http://openvz.org/Installation_on_Debian
>
> -- kchr
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There would be another option for this, if you want to 'force' yourself (and you don't need another separate install)..
I actually forgot which runlevel actually starts X and the DM, but anyway: boot Debian into textmode (no X) and learn to start X manually. Find the commands needed to switch the runlevels or to start X, then GDM manually and see what happens.
Save the commands you discover and add them inside a script. Anytime you will need X you can just switch to it because it's already installed. Install a console-based (ncurse) browser so you will be able to browse the web while you're in console mode.
And, yet another way would be to leave the system as is again, and simply enter a virtual terminal (press CTRL+ALT+F1 or CTRL+ALT+F2,... you get up to 5 of them, or was it 6?.. anyway that's customizable too :-) )
I hope I got your imagination running!
Welcome to Debian and.. Enjoy!
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