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

[Matt Zimmerman]

On Fri, Oct 15, 2004 at 11:31:06AM +1300, Worik wrote:

> 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?

You cannot _install_ Ubuntu this way without overwriting your data, but you
can _upgrade_ from Debian woody to Ubuntu.  See
http://wiki.ubuntu.com/WartyWarthog/UpgradeNotes

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 - mdz