--- On Tue, 6/22/10, g <geleem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Patrick Bartek wrote: > <snip> > > > > You don't need multiple swaps: Linux can share one > without problems. > > and what happens if an active linux is put into > suspend/sleep and system > is rebooted? Wouldn't the sleeping/hibernating system file have a unique designation? > > A shared /boot partition is possible, too. > > possible, but not practical if grubs are for different > distribs that are > using different stages. During the days of the 1024 cylinder limit a single /boot partition was SOP. Never had any problems booting multiple Linux installs with different kernels, etc. > also, when you chain, you have to select what you want from > each grub prompt. > > > However, I would not share any others, and that > includes /home. > > /home can be shared, if care is taken for login directory > names and user id's. True. But, as you said, you'd have to be careful with the bookkeeping to keep everything straight. K.I.S.S. is my motto. Also, "You can't fix stupid!" ;-) > > The best way to boot multiple Linuxes is to have grub > of your primary > > too long to reply to all. see my post of 01:38 utc. > > > This is the way I have my box set up, which at the > moment only has Fedora > > 12 and 9 installed, but at one time, I had about 6 > Linux distros on it. > > i do not say that there is a lot wrong with what you are > doing, but there > are better ways. There are "other" ways, yes, but whether they're "better" depends on user needs and system requirements. Used to when testing a particular distro for consideration, I would install the entire distro on its / partition. No /home or /boot, etc. partitions. Then edit my default system's grub.conf to boot it directly. No chainloading. I might 4 or 5 distro tests done this way. Not the "best" way, but it kept everything isolated and made it easy to get rid of completely when I wanted to. Today, I use VMs. Much easier. B -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
