Installation over Debian Stable, keeping disc formats, partitions and data

[Ryan Thiessen]

On Fri, 15 Oct 2004 11:31:06 +1300, Worik <worik at noggon.com> wrote:
> Friends
> 
> I cannot find an answer to this in the mailing list archives (perhaps I
> missed it?).  I am a user of debian stable.  Is it possible to install
> ubuntu without formatting the discs?  I would like to keep all my data.
> 
> Before I get started...  is it possible to skip the disc partitioning step?
>
According to the instructions at
(http://wiki.ubuntu.com/WartyWarthog/UpgradeNotes), you just need to
update your apt sources.list and upgrade from that, no repartitioning
required.  I have yet to test this myself, as I'm waiting for the
final release next week.
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Cheers,
-Ryan Thiessen-