On Thu, 2013-09-05 at 12:25 +0200, Jochen Spieker wrote: > Anubhav Yadav: > > > > Can I install debian again on my machine (without any desktop manager) > > on a separate partition for / and use the /home, /usr, /var and /temp > > from my current debian installation? > > You shoud never share /usr unless your two installations have the exact > same set of packages installed. The same applies to /var. > > /tmp may be shared freely as long as you don't suspend one OS to disk. > > /home is not a problem as long as you don't mix stable and testing or > unstable. Many programs save their settings there and may upgrade their > config file format without notice. Older versions may not be able to > read this. > > J.
That sums it up! Thanks a lot for the information! -- Regards, Anubhav Yadav, Computer Engineering Final Year Student, Imperial College of Engineering and Research, Pune. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/1378388967.5592.2.camel@Innovator