On Friday 20 July 2001 03:40, David A. Bandel wrote:
> No need to change the kernel, I just pick the distro I want to boot to
> by name, and the root = /dev/hdXX line changes. I even use the same vga
> = 792 line in all of them. Skeleton looks like this:
>
> my lilo.conf (last image deleted, you get the idea, /boot is on
> /dev/hda1 which is marked active partition):
[snip]
thought that's what you meant. I like it. I imagine the vga= lines (eg)
_could_ be a single statement outside of the blocks. I'm gonna experiment.
Presumubaly you also have a single 'test' image for the times when you
upgrade the kernel, and you pick a single distro to do that.
>boot partition is read only
belaboring the pont somewhat, I'd either create yet-another-partition for the
modules, or, I would symlink to a chosen, automounted, distro. The idea of
copying modules/blob/* to each distro isn't elegant and layered with errors.
Then again, because of the way you've setup, i'd be inclined to create a
single /usr/src/ partition _specifically_ because everything in that tree
would be distro agnostic (not just the linux kernel)
Just sharing ideas here, not having an argument.
> I share /boot and /home
how 'sensitive' have you found the home directories to distro-specific
issues? I know Caldera as a for instance (used to) rely heavily on the
bashxxx scripts in the users home folder. I can see problems arising from say
e2.4 kde kmail vs Rh or w3.1 kmail where the config files have the same name
but structure has altered Do you strike these gotcha's often?
One thing for sure, with the 'discipline' required to maintain a common home
partition, it would make installing a new distro much cleaner with a lot less
post install work.
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