Re: Deleting Debian - Enough's enough

2006-12-13 Thread s. keeling
Robert Goley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Monday 04 December 2006 17:31, Baz wrote: > > What happens to GRUB if I simply delete the Debian partition? And, if I'm > > looking to install Ubuntu, will it simply overwrite Debian? > > It depends on how you install Ubuntu. I left Debian on my computer

Re: Deleting Debian - Enough's enough

2006-12-08 Thread Robert Goley
It depends on how you install Ubuntu. I left Debian on my computer when I tested Ubuntu. Ubuntu was installed to a different partition or drive. The Ubuntu installer read my grub cinfiguration on the other drive and appended it to the botton of the Ubuntu grub configuration. This allowed me

Re: Deleting Debian - Enough's enough

2006-12-05 Thread Bob McGowan
If your plan is to completely eliminate Debian and re-install with Ubuntu, then just boot from the Ubuntu install disk. When asked what to do with hard disk partitioning, choose to use the whole disk, or manually create new partitions. Do *not* choose anything suggestion preserving existing d

Re: Deleting Debian - Enough's enough

2006-12-04 Thread Mike McCarty
Baz wrote: What happens to GRUB if I simply delete the Debian partition? And, if I'm looking to install Ubuntu, will it simply overwrite Debian? You'll lose your menu at least. Also, you will lose the ability for it to read your file system(s). I think it would be best to re-install GRUB after

Re: Deleting Debian - Enough's enough

2006-12-04 Thread Brian Durant
On 12/4/06, Baz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: What happens to GRUB if I simply delete the Debian partition? And, if I'm looking to install Ubuntu, will it simply overwrite Debian? -- "...heart and soulone will burn." - Joy Division I think that if you install Ubuntu and install GRUB in the s

Re: Deleting Debian - Enough's enough

2006-12-04 Thread Frank Lanitz
On Mon, 4 Dec 2006 14:31:34 -0800 Baz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What happens to GRUB if I simply delete the Debian partition? And, If you grub.conf is located there, you will not be able to use your grub anymore. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe