24 Sep
2006
24 Sep
'06
9:36 a.m.
On Sun, 24 Sep 2006 06:34:25 -0500
The Other <sstubbs(a)shout.net> wrote:
On Saturday 23 September 2006 2:06 pm,
iainduncan(a)telus.net wrote:
I've been sharing the home partition between different Mdk distros for
years, and more recently between Mdk and Debian. I set up different
*users* for each distro but with a common share directory (with public
r/w permission) for documents, photos music etc. That way distro
specific stuff doesn't get mixed up.
Sometimes there is a slight issue with write permissions, but a quick
chmod sorts that out - otherwise I've had no problems.
--
Will J G
Can anyone tell if sharing the home partition and
swap partition is
a good plan? I'm thinking seperate boots, seperate /s, and shared
swap and home.
Hello Iain,
I've been sharing the swap partition between 2 or more Linux distros
for over 2 years now without problems.
But I've never tried sharing the home partition.
I would think that if you installed xyz application from 1 distro,
then installed xyz application with perhaps a different version
number in the 2nd distro, the .xyz directory in /home might get
altered from the 2nd install and cause problems when you returned to
the 1st distro and ran xyz application.
If you have the courage to try sharing /home partitions, let me know
how it works for you. I might give it a try.
Best Regards,
Stephen.