Installation: How do I bypass partitioning?
I have a laptop with Windows XP already installed one one partition and Puppy Linux already installed on another partition. I have additional partitions. How do I install Debian on another partition? The installer insists that I write the partitions before I install Debian. Is there a way to skip this step given that writing a partition essentially means deleting everything on the drive? Puppy Linux didn't insist on writing the partitions when I installed it after putting Windows XP on the first partition. -- Jason Hsu jhsu802...@jasonhsu.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: Installation: How do I bypass partitioning?
On 2009-08-29 22:09, Jason Hsu wrote: I have a laptop with Windows XP already installed one one partition and Puppy Linux already installed on another partition. I have additional partitions. How do I install Debian on another partition? The installer insists that I write the partitions before I install Debian. Is there a way to skip this step given that writing a partition essentially means deleting everything on the drive? Puppy Linux didn't insist on writing the partitions when I installed it after putting Windows XP on the first partition. If you're installing Debian to a new partition, then the installer *must* write the updated partition table. What am I missing? -- Obsession with preserving cultural heritage is a racist impediment to moral, physical and intellectual progress. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: Installation: How do I bypass partitioning?
I have a laptop with Windows XP already installed one one partition and Puppy Linux already installed on another partition. I have additional partitions. How do I install Debian on another partition? Jason You might try using expert as a boot option for the Debian installer Then, at the partitioning phase choose the manual method This should allow you to choose which partitions are used and how the partitions will be mounted -- Stanley C. Kitching Human Being Phoenix, Arizona -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: Installation: How do I bypass partitioning?
2009/8/30 Jason Hsu jhsu802...@jasonhsu.com: I have a laptop with Windows XP already installed one one partition and Puppy Linux already installed on another partition. I have additional partitions. How do I install Debian on another partition? The installer insists that I write the partitions before I install Debian. Is there a way to skip this step given that writing a partition essentially means deleting everything on the drive? Puppy Linux didn't insist on writing the partitions when I installed it after putting Windows XP on the first partition. Select manual paritioning, Update the mount points of the partition/s you want to install to, select partition type and *format this partion. Install. HTH Adrian -- 24x7x365 != 24x7x52 Stupid or bad maths? erno hm. I've lost a machine.. literally _lost_. it responds to ping, it works completely, I just can't figure out where in my apartment it is. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
