On May 27, Mark Glassberg wrote > I wish to install the latest Debian package while retaining the /root and > /home directories of my old a.out Slackware system. Can I do this and, if > so, what is the best way?
Disclaimer: this comes from memory; please check for yourself. The Debian boot/root disks do not automatically mke2fs your partition of choice, so you could do it like this: - build the boot/root/base floppies and boot with them - do not use the "initialize partition option" - instead, choose "mount an existing linux partition", and clean that partition (except the parts to be saved) by hand - close the shell, and continue with the regular installation process. Ray -- LEADERSHIP A form of self-preservation exhibited by people with auto- destructive imaginations in order to ensure that when it comes to the crunch it'll be someone else's bones which go crack and not their own. - The Hipcrime Vocab by Chad C. Mulligan -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
