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I have a version on TurboLinux on one of my machines. I want to take it off
of the machine and install Slackware on it. I presume this is a simple
question but I don't know what to do to get the old version off in
preparation for the new one. Any help or direction will be appreciated.

On Tue, 02 Sep 2003 20:09:50 -0700, q wrote:

> I have a version on TurboLinux on one of my machines. I want to take it off
> of the machine and install Slackware on it. I presume this is a simple
> question but I don't know what to do to get the old version off in
> preparation for the new one. Any help or direction will be appreciated.

The installation of Slackware will deal with that. Just "format" the
partitions when requested.

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on Wednesday 03 September 2003 04:09 am q wrote:

> I have a version on TurboLinux on one of my machines. I want to take
> it off
> of the machine and install Slackware on it. I presume this is a
> simple question but I don't know what to do to get the old version off
> in
> preparation for the new one. Any help or direction will be
> appreciated.
Don't worry, Slackware's install routine can quite competently wipe the
contents of your disks, just get it to make new filesystems when you
set up the partitions.

It only gets complicated if you want to keep hold of some stuff, for
example your home directory (often /home is put on a seperate partition
for this purpose, if you have done this just make sure you tell the
installer not to format it, however I shall assume you have not) if
that is something you want to do be aware that it can still lead to
differences in setup (if you switch Desktop environment versions or
have software that is not installed with slackware), however in most
cases it should work fine with maybe a little tweaking involved rather
than reseting all your preferences.
Be aware that many of the most significant files are hidden (start with
a .) so be sure to copy them too. also try to avoid mangling
permissions if you can (don't backup onto a fat partition - at least
not unless you tar the files first)
If you have /home on / then you will probably be formatting it so
arrange a backup mechanism and when the install completes copy the
files back into your new home directory
other things you might want to keep are /var (if you are running a web
server for example) and /etc (to keep server settings for example), the
process is the same, however be aware that Slackware uses a different
style of init scripts to most distros, so you may need to rename some
files (if you don't know if you have any files in either directory you
should do this too, then you probably don't)
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