--- Ow Mun Heng <ow.mun.heng@xxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Russ [mailto:bigrig64@xxxxxxxxxxx] > > Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2003 12:59 PM > > To: FEDORA -RH > > Subject: Multi-boot sytem advice > > > > > > Hi All, > > > > I am planning on setting up a multi-boot system > with 2 HD's. > > I _think_ I > > know what I want to do, but I would like to throw > this out > > for some advice. > > > > I just bought this new DELL (3ghz, 512ram, 80gig > HD, WinXP > > home). I also > > just bought another HD (160gig) which I want to > add to the system. > > > > Here's my plan: > > > > I want to run XP and Win98se on the 80 and I want > to run > > Fedora, SuSE, and > > Mandrake on the 160. I planed on giving the Linux > distros > > each their own > > partition except for /Home and swap. If all share > the home > > directory, will > > they play nice? Will all user data be accessible > in all > > distros? Let's say I > > check my mail in SuSE, will I be able to read it > if I boot > > into FEDORA? I > > would think yes if the same program is used in > each distro > > and the login > > names are the same (this is only a guess)? > > > > Anyway, any advice would be appreciated. > > In A word.. Yes.. > > Russ, I have had problems sharing /home among different distros. I got things like multiple disktop icons for the same device (CDROM, home directory, that sort of thing) plus, the panel and panel drawers sometimes were messed up. Others have not had these problems. Mike Smith __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New Yahoo! Photos - easier uploading and sharing. http://photos.yahoo.com/
