Installing new Distro

GloVe · 08-29-2003, 09:21 AM

hi, i want to upgrade my linux from RH 9 to SuSe 8.2 .
i know that while installing SuSe, i will be asked to choose where would i want to install linux.
i also know that i need to know which partitions are Windows', and which are linux's.
in other words, i want to know if linux is /dev/hdaX , and if windows is /dev/hdaX .
because i want to choose to format the Linux RedHat's partitions and install SuSe on them.
quite long passage for a little question

well thanks for your patience

rshaw · 08-29-2003, 09:27 AM

the suse installer won't overwrite the windows partition unless you tell it to. start the installer and at one point it will let you browse the existing partitions and decide what to do with them.

you could use fdisk or cfdisk but its easier to do it from within the installer.

GloVe · 08-29-2003, 09:34 AM

ok but how exactly can i know which are linux's partitions, like which is the swap partition, the / partition, and the /home partition?

gamehack · 08-29-2003, 03:45 PM

Your windows partition is always hda1 if you installed windows first.(After Windows you installed linux).

rshaw · 08-29-2003, 04:03 PM

to quote myself "at one point it will let you browse the existing partitions and decide what to do with them."