How to override system partition with new installation?

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There are several topics about it.
This should be a good example:

Install leaving old 'Home' intact

TL;DR: as long as you leave the ext4 alone there will be no sorrow. First a little context. Garuda uses btrfs, which has the concept of subvolumes (half way between a directory and a partition, so to speak). One of those will be @home (the new one made by the installer, not your existing one). So, just make sure you have enough space (either free space or an existing partition with nothing you care about, e.g. the old root partition with Mint) and install Garuda there. Of course, double chec…

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