On Wed, Nov 17, 1999 at 11:43:56AM -0800, Howard Mann wrote: > This message was sent from Geocrawler.com by "Howard Mann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Be sure to reply to that address. > > 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 ?
I did exactly that during my transition from Red Hat to Debian. Another possibility would be to add the Debian boot information to your boot manager. > > 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? Yes to both of these questions. Bob -- Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ AMPRnet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] DM42nh http://www.primenet.com/~nielsen
