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Once you have Linux installation carved out on your PS3, and you wish to try a different distribution, is it necessary to wipe the hard drive again?

E.g., I currently have YDL installed. I wish to install Gentoo. Can I just loadup another OTHEROS.BLD and assume it will overwrite the existing otheros.bld completely and precede with the new distribution install?

Or must I backup my PS3 partition, wipe the disk with a quick format, restore my PS3 partition and proceed?