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Multiple installs of Debian on one hard driveI've installed the lastest Debian on a hard drive, with Gnome. Now I'd like to also install Debian on the same hard drive with KDE interface. The installer for Gnome insisted on taking over the whole hard drive for Gnome. 1. Can I use something like Parted Magic to reduce the size of the /home partition, make another partition or two for KDE, then: 2. Will the installer for Debian accept installing with KDE on less than the full hard drive ( without overwriting Gnome )? The install that I'm presently using is: Debian 6.0.1a i386 Netinstall Thank you 
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Re: Multiple installs of Debian on one hard drive
That's because you used the default (it's called "simple" or "easy" or some such thing) install.
Using the installer's "expert" (or whatever it's called) setting, you can create your own partitions, set the install to use (and/or share) specific /home or /tmp (or whatever) subdirectories, use the same virtual memory partitions for all installations, and other nifty things.
In short, it's no problem to install different copies of Debian onto a single computer.
If it's just a case of you wanting to switch between KDE and GNOME, you don't even need to have multiple installs.
Since you already have GNOME installed, just use Aptitude to remove the "gdm" package (which starts GNOME at boot) and install all the KDE stuff. You'll then have KDE on the same box/install and "kdm" will start KDE by default. (Also look into the "startgnome" and "startkde" command-line programs.)
Re: Multiple installs of Debian on one hard drive
Many thanks for this, I'll give it a try - remove gdm. Actually I did try to use other than the default install options, unless I did something wrong or have a bad download, I was always led back to being forced to use the whole hard drive.