I noticed during install, I could select which partition to upgrade, my Debian partition was on the list. Can I do this, and will it keep all the installed packages and upgrade them?
No.
This won’t work.
You should format the partition and do a fresh install, otherwise this could lead to problems, I think.
On 2013-11-27 14:26, wolfi323 wrote:
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> rdonnelly2001;2602627 Wrote:
>> I noticed during install, I could select which partition to upgrade, my
>> Debian partition was on the list. Can I do this, and will it keep all
>> the installed packages and upgrade them?
> No.
> This won’t work.
> You should format the partition and do a fresh install, otherwise this
> could lead to problems, I think.
Agreed.
Maybe, just maybe, fstab and user definitions could be imported, but I
don’t know if anybody has done that and reported back. It would be
interesting to know.
There is a button on fresh install to import those things.
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Cheers / Saludos,
Carlos E. R.
(from 12.3 x86_64 “Dartmouth” at Telcontar)
I will have to put in the DVD and take a look at the import option? I am just wondering if oS can do this upgrade since it was certainly offering the upgrade of Debian as an option?
No, it cannot.
It just shows all Linux installations it finds.
It can’t see which packages have been installed in Debian (not yet?). Forcing the installer (if it can be forced) to do what you’re suggesting will result in a system best described as “a true mess”.
On 2013-11-27 16:16, Knurpht wrote:
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> rdonnelly2001;2602666 Wrote:
>> I will have to put in the DVD and take a look at the import option?
Somewhere in the partition screen. And later when it asks you to enter
user names.
>> I am
>> just wondering if oS can do this upgrade since it was certainly offering
>> the upgrade of Debian as an option?
It is just a false positive.
> It can’t see which packages have been installed in Debian (not yet?).
> Forcing the installer (if it can be forced) to do what you’re suggesting
> will result in a system best described as “a true mess”.
It will surely fail at some point, Debian is not rpm based. The openSUSE
system upgrader at some point has to analyse the rpm database, and as it
does not exist it will break out at that point.
If it does not break then (big surprise), it would break later, when it
attempts to upgrade each individual rpm package. The first step is to
remove the previous files, then install the new - how can it remove the
files of rpms that do not exist? Impossible.
I would like to know the actual error message. Just curious. 
I don’t think it can go into the actual process enough to do any damage,
though.
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Cheers / Saludos,
Carlos E. R.
(from 12.3 x86_64 “Dartmouth” at Telcontar)
Okay, yeah I have always heard about mixed distros home problems and even experienced them myself.
You have convinced me to not do it.
I tried to do it any ways considering I was able to do a clean install, it would not allow an upgrade of Debian.
I install 1st with Gnome and hated it, then I did it with KDE.
It is my wife’s computer and she has to use what I use if she wants me to administer it for her. >:)