On 6/2/07, Tim <ignored_mailbox@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Sat, 2007-06-02 at 02:42 +0200, Frode Petersen wrote: > If you take care at keeping UIDs and GIDs consistent, I think it would > be safe to > > 1. Keep all your work files in a ~/work directory on the home > partition. > > 2. In the second OS, mount the home partition to something like > /mnt/otherOS/home > > 3. symlink the work directory into your new home directory. > > Or maybe > > 1. Use a separate partition for /home/<username>/work > > 2. Edit /etc/fstab to mount this on the OS' you want it available in. I do something similar. I have a spare partition that I symlink between personal sub-directories and home space. e.g. Inside /home/tim have a symlink to /space/tim/ I do something similar with storage space networked, symlinking from the /net/server/home/tim/stuff into /home/tim/network/. You can keep your personal files anywhere you like, though large files that need high speed access are usually better off locally stored.
Thanks to all who responded. Re /home, it's the least of my worries, because I have only a handful of init files, and most of them are practically unchanged since 1994 :-) Andras
