Re: [Sheflug] Knoppix v3.4

[Lesley Anne Binks <lesley.binks [at] xxxxxxxxx>]

Robert Fallis <robert.fallis [at] virgin.net> wrote :

> I've just got a copy of this for my daughters computer, is it possible to 
> install it on her computor so she can boot between this and windows?

Assuming Knoppix uses one of GRUB or LILO; methods for dual booting using either of these have been well documented.
However I have one box out of action by a conglomeration of a SuSE update that went wrong and rescue attempts using woodyr2.  Sarge is recommended as fairly stable now. 

> 
> I'm using suse 8.2 at the moment with a windows partion, is it possible to 
> replace suse with debian ? or are there problems?

Depends on what you want to keep and what you want to lose.
:-)
If you have partitioned the Linux space up, so that /home is on it's own partition,  then you might well be able to simply replace the operating system parts.  

I found that one install of Suse 8.2 used /opt for gnome, kde and OpenOffice installations.  This appears to have been second choice to installation under /usr because I later reconfigured my partitions, increasing the size of /usr, and found that, on this install, Suse 8.2 had decided to put all of them in /usr. 

Would love to hear more details on how this part goes.  What you gained and lost.  Whether you did a complete overwrite of the existing system and personal data or not.

Regards

Lesley






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