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Changing distro on a dualboot system

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Started by ukdeveloper March 26, 2005 01:52 PM

2 comments, last by Genjix 19 years, 5 months ago

ukdeveloper

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March 26, 2005 01:52 PM

I was just wondering what I would do in my situation? I have an 80Gb hard drive currently with Windows 2000 Pro the only thing on it. I was wanting to partition it to give Linux about 30-35Gb, and install FC3 to dualboot with Windows 2000. Thing is, I might want to change distro later. Can I just reuse the same partition again, and just install the new distro straight over Fedora, or do I have to reformat anything/make new partitions/uninstall Fedora? I'm a bit of a Linux n00b, you see.

Genjix

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March 26, 2005 01:57 PM

exactly as you say. you can re-use it.

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flukus

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March 27, 2005 12:43 AM

If you upgrade to a distro that can retain the info in your home directory then remember to delete hidden files when you upgrade, otherwise it can make the system very unstable.

Genjix

100

March 27, 2005 06:45 AM

or backup home, then format it :)

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