#@!$ Red Hat and Fedora anyway

[Mike Reinehr]

No, this is a completely new installer from the ground up:

http://wiki.debian.net/DebianInstallerFAQ

I've only tried it once (Release Candidate 2), but I'm sure it includes the 
option of preserving existing partitions. IIRC there is a choice, either of 
letting the installer partition or drive automatically, or an "expert" choice 
of doing it manually. With the manual option you can reuse existing 
partitions, or skip them completely.

Mike

On Sunday 05 December 2004 12:37 pm, Net Llama! wrote:
> This is redhat's anaconda installer that debian is using, right? ?if so,
> unless debian has hacked it badly, it definitely provides an option to
> re-user existing partitions, such as /home, instead of formatting them.

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