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Re: [PLUG] Switching from RH to Debian...
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Another note: a clean install of the debian packages would be
advisable. It would be advisable to save the /etc and certain portions
of the /var directories. Of cource there is no need to deleate your
/home, /usr/local and other directories that are not part of the
integral distribution.
Cleaning up the /usr directory of anything that is RedHat specific might
be beneficial. Also there is a totally different concept of package
management between RedHat and Debian. Also I think that there are some
tools in each that are not compatable with the other.
Bill Jonas wrote:
>
> On Tue, Oct 16, 2001 at 10:15:18AM -0400, Leonard Rosenthol wrote:
> > I'm finally going to replace my RH machine with Debian - yeah! Can I
> > just boot from the Debian CD and install as normal, or do I need to
> > somehow wipe RH? I don't really care about the data on this machine,
> > though saving things is always a benefit.
>
> You can just tell the Debian installer to make filesystems on your old
> partitions and that'll be that.
>
> If you have /home as a separate partition, you could just tell the
> installer to mount it without making a filesystem on it first. Might be
> a good idea to put a copy of /etc in your home directory, too.
>
> But no, you don't have to do anything special. You'll just have a step
> or two fewer to do.
>
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