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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 George Parker wrote: > I’ve just been having a thrash at installing Debian. It requires a partition that > is designated as root to install. Ubuntu is based on Debian so may be the same, > but I have never seen this requirement in any other install (Suse, Mepis, > PCLinuxOS, Ubuntu Dapper etc.) Or on any other partitioner but Debian’s. There > again, I have never looked for it. > > I think this is the case for all distributions...I've certainly found it to be the case. I guess it's because in the file system / is where all the system files are put. Jon -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Fedora - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFFmiwSGAvhzQ6lF2gRAsk7AJ9K37bBw46ROYLVtitQkc8Vlj9DRwCbB9oQ BFaPWlFSLZGDgvrCxNDpN5U= =Wfoe -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html