[H-GEN] Installing multiple Linuxes

[Harry Phillips]

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> Proposed partition table:
> hda1 3.0 gb to be Debian '/'
> hda2 3.0 gb to be Suse '/'
> hda3 3.0 gb to be Mandrake '/'
> hda4 30.5 gb '/home/' common mount for all 3 distros
> hda5 500 mb reserved for future common /boot, modules etc
> Is that possible?

My suggestion is to use the same UID and GID for your users for
all distros. That way all users will have the correct permissions on your
/home partition.

As for the common /boot, well I would imagine that each distro would stomp
all over the others and you may get unpredictable results. Just leave the
/boot
dir on the / partition.

Regards
Harry Phillips

PS. After finally paying my way and becoming a member of HUMBUG last week,
I busted my Achilles tendon last night and will be in a cast for at least
six weeks.


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