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Old 06-29-2007, 05:29 PM   #1
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Moving from gentoo to ubuntu...


Hi i wanted to know if i could use the pre-existing gentoo pations for Ubuntu...
IE the partions the boot part and the swap i want to keep the third one... can this be done?
 
Old 06-29-2007, 05:46 PM   #2
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You can certainly use the existing partitions, but AFAIK the Ubuntu installation will overwrite the files in the /boot partition. (Gentoo and Ubuntu use different kernel versions etc. and your new system may not work otherwise.) If you have a separate /home partition you can keep that untouched. Just back it up first in case.
 
Old 06-29-2007, 09:00 PM   #3
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I duel boot suse 10.2 on a different hhd so if the boot don't work the I'll just try to work out the bugs...
 
  


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