On 1/23/06, Ron Hunter-Duvar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On January 22, 2006 12:44, LinuxManMikeC wrote: > > On 1/22/06, Ron Hunter-Duvar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Plus I'm waiting > > > for all you early adopters to finish debugging 2006 for me 8^}. > > > > > > -- > > > Ron > > > > I always keep a spare partition handy for testing new distros. That > > way I can play with the latest and greatest, but I still have a stable > > system to work with. > > > > Mike > > I started a new thread for this, rather than my usual bad habit of hijacking > someone else's 8^)... > > I've thought about doing that. I'd have to repartition, because I didn't plan > for it when I installed 10.1. There are a couple of issues that bother me > too: > > 1. Does the 2006 installer allow dual boot with older versions of Mandriva, or > will it just assume that it should overwrite the older version? > > 2. Can I share the same /home partition, or will different version of kde > accessing the same home cause havoc? > > #2 in particular sounds troublesome, based on past messages about problems > with the .kde directory. I suspect I'd need some custom boot/login logic that > would redirect appropriately. For example, I could have a .kde10.1 and > a .kde2006, and have the login processing create a .kde symbolic link to the > appropriate one. Have you (or anyone else out there) done something like > this? Is there any directory other than .kde that's likely to cause problems? > > -- > Ron >
Sorry, but the thread name change caused me to miss your question. I would imagine that Mandriva 2006 would allow dual booting since all the previous versions I used allowed it in the installer. All Linux distros I know of provide options for dual booting in their install programs. Sharing the /home partition could be troublesome, but I never do it. Like I said, I install these extra distros for evaluation purposes. You could still mount and access the data on your main /home partition, but I would have the distro setup its own config files for you to prevent problems. I even forgo creating a separate /home partition for the test and just use the root "/" partition to store the user profiles. If I do decide I like another distro better than my current one then I replace it and migrate my /home partition to it. However, I always move my old configuration files out of the way and just use them for reference most of the time to prevent odd problems from cropping up. Mike ____________________________________________________ Want to buy your Pack or Services from Mandriva? Go to http://store.mandriva.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrivaclub.com ____________________________________________________
