Hi All,

Recently I tried linux (again) in the form of Ubuntu.
Now I like to try Debian since Ubuntu seems to be based
on Debian.
Is there an option in Debian to install it without
a bootloader like some other Linux flavors?
I used the GAG bootmanager and I like that very much.
In Ubuntu  there is no such option.
Can I uninstall Debian if I don't like it and is there
a simple way to boot my other OS(es) after uninstalling
Debian?

Thanks

Edmund





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Edmund <nomail@hotmail.com> writes:
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>Hi All,
>
>Recently I tried linux (again) in the form of Ubuntu.
>Now I like to try Debian since Ubuntu seems to be based
>on Debian.
>Is there an option in Debian to install it without
>a bootloader like some other Linux flavors?

Sure.  With the normal Debian installer, at one point it asks you if
you want to install a boot loader (I think it now offers only GRUB).
You can also see the various steps of the installer if you leave the
regular sequence of installation steps at one point and "go back".

>I used the GAG bootmanager and I like that very much.

If that boot manager does not know how to boot Linux, you may want to
install GRUB or LILO in one of the Linux partitions (rather than in
the boot sector), and instruct the boot manager to just boot that
partition.

>Can I uninstall Debian if I don't like it

That's as simple as reusing the Debian partitions for some other OS
(or maybe resizing some other partition to consume the Debian
partitions.

> and is there
>a simple way to boot my other OS(es) after uninstalling
>Debian?

That depends on the way you have set up the boot loaders.  If you use
some boot loader you have installed before Debian, then it should
continue to work after you have overwritten Debian.  If you install
GRUB or LILO with Debian and use that as boot manager, then you will
want to keep the GRUB or LILO boot partition (additional code and data
used by the boot loader is kept there), if you want to continue too
boot with this boot loader.  Or you can just install another boot
manager before you reuse the boot partition.

- anton
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Edmund wrote:


> Is there an option in Debian to install it without
> a bootloader like some other Linux flavors?
> I used the GAG bootmanager and I like that very much.


> In Ubuntu  there is no such option.

You must mean "I didn't find such option". It is on alternate CD in
text-based install. As it is an most distros having "expert" install mode,
Debian amongst them.

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On Thu, 05 Jul 2007 22:51:23 +0200, Paweł Kraszewski wrote:


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> You must mean "I didn't find such option". It is on alternate CD in
> text-based install. As it is an most distros having "expert" install mode,
> Debian amongst them.

Yep that's what I ment :-)
>

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On Thu, 05 Jul 2007 17:51:53 +0000, Anton Ertl wrote:

install another boot
> manager before you reuse the boot partition.
>
> - anton

Thank you

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