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Hi, I am considering installing Debian on a new hard disk, which will be /dev/hdb . I currently have W95/Red Hat Linux ( dual boot) on /dev/hda. I use "Power Boot" as a boot manager and LILO is in boot sector of the Linux root partition. My plan is not to install "another" LILO during installation of Debian, but to add an appropriate image stanza to the existent LILO to stipulate " root=/dev/hdbx" for Debian. I am not familiar with the debian installation process. Is my plan feasible? Is there anything else I should do or consider ? Will I be able to create separate logical partitions for /home, /usr, /usr/local and ? /opt during the installation process? Is this reasonable for a Debian installation ? Is the concept of a separate /opt partition moot with respect to Debian? I'd appreciate any general comments and guidance. I'm looking foward to becoming a member of the Debian community. Regards, Howard Mann. (http://www.newbielinux.com) Geocrawler.com - The Knowledge Archive
