On Wed, 23 Jan 2002, Colin Watson wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 23, 2002 at 10:14:02AM -0500, sam rosenfeld wrote:
> > I have a broken (or at least bent) Debian2.2r2 on my personal box. When I
> > install woody on the same partition that now holds my 2.2r2, would it be
> > best
> > to format the partition first? Or are there better ways of handling the
> > installation?
>
> Depends, really, how badly broken it is. If it's not too bad then
> upgrades are much easier than fresh installs. What's gone wrong with it?
>
> The installation process automatically wipes the target filesystem, as
> far as I remember.
I was under the impression that upgrading from potato to woody is
problematic. Is it?
Sam Rosenfeld
Kalorama Research Institute
Director, Neurosciences Research
