If you're suggesting that all the distributions share the same /home
partition, would that not cause problems for application configuration?
I thought that some applications stored config details in .(dot) files in
/home which would mean that each distro would then over-write these each
time you set up a new distro.
-Alasdair-
On 12/10/06, john lewis <johnlewis@???> wrote:
>
> On Sun, 10 Dec 2006 11:45:39 -0000 (GMT)
> "Vic" <lug@???> wrote:
>
> > > I am aiming towards having various different partitions and then
> > > several different distros on the same HD. Purely as an
> > > exercise. And one of the schemes that I was trying to follow
> > > advised practically everything separate.
> >
> > I wouldn't...
>
> Nor me ;-)
>
> If I was trying to do this I'd want a second drive in my system.
>
> I'd install the primary distribution onto the first drive,
> ie /dev/hda1, using the installer that came with the distro,
> probably with /boot, /, /home and a swap partition.
>
> Once I had a working installation on the first drive I'd use
> cfdisk (I know nothing about qtparted) to create an extended
> partition on the second drive, /dev/hdb5??.
>
> Then I'd create a series of 10-15Gb logical partitions on /dev/hdb5
> which I'd then use for the 'play' distros, installing each into its
> own partition with everything in / except /home and swap. You don't
> really need swap these days if you have lots of memory, at least not
> for a 'play' system
>
> I'd use the partition tool in each installer to use /home and swap
> from /dev/hda so I'd have only one /home and one swap
> partition on the system.
>
> I think you can do this with Linux distros but it may not work
> with a non-linux distro like freebsd, in which case it would have to
> do its own thing.
>
> I think trying to create partitions before trying to install a
> distro is likely to cause more hassle than using the
> installer/partitioner that comes with each distro.
>
> I'm writing this off the top of my head as I have never actually
> tried to do this and may have got some detail wrong.
>
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> John Lewis
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