< Hi list,
<
< As a newbie I like to know if it is possible to share the /home
< directory for 2 different installs of linux
<
< Google for it but can't find an answer (maybe don't type the right
< sentence ?)
<
< Let me explain : after 5 months of tries and tries I finally have a
< Linux who almost do what I like it to.
< In the other hand, it sounds good to share the Free's Xmas Gift, and I
< never be impolite and refuse a gift.
<
< So, to try Free Ekanayaka's present, without erasing these 5 months of
< hard work for me -maybe Free and I
< don't want the same for the PC to do ?- I like to create a new partition
< on the disk, but it's not so big
< and it could be usefull if the /home directory could be share between
< the 2 installs.
<
< Do someone here says how it can be done ? Have to acknowledge I search
< but don't find the way to do !!
<
< Or maybe there is a stratagem to circumvent the problem ?
<
< Anyway, thanks for Everybody here to do what is done here, especially
< you Free !
<
< Happy New Year Eveybody !
<
< Fred
<
Mira says :
in theory it should works .... just choose during installation of new
distro2 same partition you are using as /home on distro1. (not format this
partiion.... keep existing data) Assuming that your distro1 is also 64studio.
There are also some settings files hidden on your /home partition what can
be advantage or disadvantage. (e.g. bash, iceweasel) So when you change
something on distro1 it will probably appears on distro2 also. I personally
never tried this and probably never will because of that. And maybe there are
even more problems I am not aware. Hope someone else here give you more
detailed info.
Herman says :
I think Jarom?r gave the complete answer. Basically this setup (can) work,
but in practice it requires some maintenance and never works to 100%
The reason is: when you use the same application in both setups, but with
a different version in each, then the newer version might use a changed format
for saving the profile data in the mentioned hidden files within the home
directory, which might cause the older version of the same application either
to malfunction or even to deem the profile information to be broken and
completely erase it and replace it with built-in defaults. Especially
sharing mail folders and browser bookmarks can quickly get problematic.
Another option would be to separate your "work files" from your home
directory, i.e. the documents, audio files, project data you are working
on. Going this route, you'd use a separate home directory in each of
your linux installations, but put your work files into a common shared
partition which you setup such as to be mounted in each installation,
preferable even under the same path (eg. /mnt/work/...)
Of course, the basic problem with different program version remains
the same (e.g. if you user different versions of OpenOffice). But
in practice, typically you are actually working with just with a very
limited set of applications, which gives you better chances to
control the situation.
In any case, it is not necessary to throw away your configuration
when starting out with a new linux installation. Just make sure you
have a backup of your home directory (especially including all those
hidden files and configuration subdirectories below).
Then, in the new installation, just copy the contents of your backup
into the new home folder. Of course, this works best when you aren't
logged in as this uses the moment you do the copy (typically you need
to be root anyways, and often you have to change owner or UID on the
files). I take it that you have some basic knowledge how to manipulate
files and directories under *nix. (yes, I have it, if "*nix" means Linux ? - F)
hope this helps
Hermann
Many thanks Mira and Herman, it seems I was about doing bad things...
I will try to share /mnt/nowork (!) and let you know Herman. it helps much !
Thanks again, and to Free for the Xmas present
Fred
_______________________________________________
64studio-users mailing list
[email protected]
http://lists.64studio.com/mailman/listinfo/64studio-users
