12-01-2015, 04:30 AM
@n1ksn,
Since both distros use Xfce you'll most likely be fine with configs in current home not causing problems in LL. If you want to reduce potential problems, just go through current home's config files from the live LL dvd/usb right before you install it and delete all but the ones you know you want to keep. (Don't do that until you're actually going to install LL; otherwise you'll just break your Manjaro system.) Or, you can just leave it as is and deal with any minor issues as they arise (if any do at all). Eg. If something doesn't behave right, just close it, delete it's config file and restart the program. That will then generate a new "default" config file for it and you can proceed from there.
Re: booting as brought up by torredale -- if you're using something like EasyBCD in Windows to boot Manjaro and want to continue using that, then direct LL's boot loader installation to it's Root partition instead of the MBR of the drive. If Manjaro's grub was in charge of booting both Windows and Linux, then just do same in LL -- install grub boot loader to "/dev/sda" (the MBR of the drive -- no partition number after the "sda").
In a nutshell, you've got the right idea on how to replace Manjaro:
Since both distros use Xfce you'll most likely be fine with configs in current home not causing problems in LL. If you want to reduce potential problems, just go through current home's config files from the live LL dvd/usb right before you install it and delete all but the ones you know you want to keep. (Don't do that until you're actually going to install LL; otherwise you'll just break your Manjaro system.) Or, you can just leave it as is and deal with any minor issues as they arise (if any do at all). Eg. If something doesn't behave right, just close it, delete it's config file and restart the program. That will then generate a new "default" config file for it and you can proceed from there.
Re: booting as brought up by torredale -- if you're using something like EasyBCD in Windows to boot Manjaro and want to continue using that, then direct LL's boot loader installation to it's Root partition instead of the MBR of the drive. If Manjaro's grub was in charge of booting both Windows and Linux, then just do same in LL -- install grub boot loader to "/dev/sda" (the MBR of the drive -- no partition number after the "sda").
In a nutshell, you've got the right idea on how to replace Manjaro:
- Use "Something else" install method
- Choose old Manjaro root as root for LL and check box to format it
- Choose old Manjaro home as home for LL and don't check format box (use same username that you did in Manjaro when you get to that step in installation so you don't run into ownership problems of the files in home)
- Assuming you have a swap partition, just leave it alone -- the installer will automatically use that on its own.
- "Device for boot loader installation" = the mbr, "/dev/sda" (assuming "a" is the letter corresponding to the boot hard drive) if you want LL to handle booting; or LL's root partition if you want Windows to handle booting. (Note: If Windows is not currently handling booting, don't try switching to have it control booting while installing LL. That won't work because its code in the mbr got wiped by Manjaro. Just install LL's boot loader to the MBR of drive. Or, if you really want Windows in control, you can restore Windows code to the mbr first, then install LL and direct it's boot loader to it's root partition.)
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