On Sun, 2006-03-19 at 17:30 +0530, Sumeet Pal Singh wrote: > HI > I have ubuntu 5.10 on my system and using FC3 since it was released. I > tried to install FC4 on my system by sharing the swap and /home > partition between FC4 and ubuntu. The installation went well. I did > not install KDE in FC4. > I was well aware of permission screw ups that this could lead to, > hence I did not create any user (The UID and GID of root is preserved > across Linux distros) > > I booted in as root and created a new user with UID and GID same as on > ubuntu. > Now I booted in GNOME and it was completely configured!!!! Moreover > gaim started and signed me in to all my accounts!!! This was first > time login... > > My question is that can is sharing /home okay for a long run or will > it lead to problems. > Also can other file systems like /usr be shared along with this and if > it can be then under what restrictions?? > If any one has done this please let me know. > AFAIK there should be no problems with sharing of /home. It is done all the time by many of us. You already took care of the issue of UID/GID values and that is the only thing I have ever had problems with in sharing /home between systems. > Sumeet > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
