Mike Andrew wrote:
>
> 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.
yes, it can be in the global section. And of course you can change it
on the command line.
>
> 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.
well of course. I always have a way to get back to where I was. Needed
to with 2.4.6, which won't boot on any of my systems. Fails
spectacularly (kernel panics) at different places.
>
> >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)
I could, I just don't want to. And a quick mount and cp -a takes care
of it. Not like there's a lot there.
True about /usr/src, again, just not something I've thought too hard
about (so haven't done). Then I could build a kernel and just run make
modules_install in each distro.
>
> Just sharing ideas here, not having an argument.
I'm sure there's a better way, I just haven't bothered to think about it
further.
>
> > 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?
Haven't run into any problem yet.
>
> 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.
>
Yep. I just copy /etc/passwd, shadow, and group to each /etc and all's
well.
Ciao,
David A. Bandel
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