Re: [gentoo-user] Dual Booting Linux and Linux
On Fri, 2003-11-14 at 23:21, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I did it for a while and never had a problem, I shared the /home and > /swap partitions between 2 distros for months. It might depend on the > software program, but most things stored in ~/ stay pretty > compatable between versions in my experience anyway. > > I just got tired of rebooting... Thank you -- Ron [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Dual Booting Linux and Linux
On 14 Nov 2003 09:49:28 -0500 Ron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, 2003-11-14 at 08:08, Harald Arnesen wrote: > > > > > > What I will be doing is as Alex said, use the same /boot and swap > > > partitions. Then simply add Gentoo to the lilo.conf file already > > > on Mandrake. > > > > It is also usually a good idea to have /home on its own partition, > > and share that as well. > > I should have given more detail, sorry. Mandrake is on the first > third of my drive. My current partitions are > > hda1 /boot > hda5 / > hda6 /usr > hda7 /home > hda8 swap > > I will make new partitions for all but /boot and swap. Is there not a > chance that a shared /home partition might cause problems if there are > different versions of software installed on Gentoo? I did it for a while and never had a problem, I shared the /home and /swap partitions between 2 distros for months. It might depend on the software program, but most things stored in ~/ stay pretty compatable between versions in my experience anyway. I just got tired of rebooting... -- _ / There is no likelihood man can ever tap \ | the power of the atom. -- Robert| \ Millikan, Nobel Prize in Physics, 1923 / - \ ^__^ \ (oo)\___ (__)\ )\/\ ||w | || || -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Dual Booting Linux and Linux
On Fri, 2003-11-14 at 08:08, Harald Arnesen wrote: > > > > What I will be doing is as Alex said, use the same /boot and swap > > partitions. Then simply add Gentoo to the lilo.conf file already on > > Mandrake. > > It is also usually a good idea to have /home on its own partition, and > share that as well. I should have given more detail, sorry. Mandrake is on the first third of my drive. My current partitions are hda1/boot hda5/ hda6/usr hda7/home hda8swap I will make new partitions for all but /boot and swap. Is there not a chance that a shared /home partition might cause problems if there are different versions of software installed on Gentoo? -- Ron [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Dual Booting Linux and Linux
Ron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Thu, 2003-11-13 at 21:29, Alex Unigovsky wrote: >> > Hello All, >> Hi! >> > >> > I've been using RedHat most of my linux life and now i'm in a searching >> > mode. I'm an intermediate user and wanted to learn more of the >> > background/inner workings of linux and came across gentoo. I think its >> > great that its so customizable. So my deliema is that I've begun using >> > Mandrake and would like to dual boot gentoo with it until I come up to >> > speed. Is this possible? If so, how? >> Yes, it is possible, and quite simple. Usually, when you partition your >> drive, you should consider how to split your drive(s). I once had >> similar dual-boot system with RedHat and Mandrake, with shared /boot and >> swap partitions, but all others were separate. Then I installed grub >> into /boot, and configured it to boot both redhat and mandrake kernels, >> with different root= parameter. And that is all. >> > >> > Colin Falkinburg >> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > What I will be doing is as Alex said, use the same /boot and swap > partitions. Then simply add Gentoo to the lilo.conf file already on > Mandrake. It is also usually a good idea to have /home on its own partition, and share that as well. -- Hilsen Harald. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Dual Booting Linux and Linux
On Thu, 2003-11-13 at 21:29, Alex Unigovsky wrote: > > Hello All, > Hi! > > > > I've been using RedHat most of my linux life and now i'm in a searching > > mode. I'm an intermediate user and wanted to learn more of the > > background/inner workings of linux and came across gentoo. I think its > > great that its so customizable. So my deliema is that I've begun using > > Mandrake and would like to dual boot gentoo with it until I come up to > > speed. Is this possible? If so, how? > Yes, it is possible, and quite simple. Usually, when you partition your > drive, you should consider how to split your drive(s). I once had > similar dual-boot system with RedHat and Mandrake, with shared /boot and > swap partitions, but all others were separate. Then I installed grub > into /boot, and configured it to boot both redhat and mandrake kernels, > with different root= parameter. And that is all. > > > > Colin Falkinburg > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] What I will be doing is as Alex said, use the same /boot and swap partitions. Then simply add Gentoo to the lilo.conf file already on Mandrake. -- Ron [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Dual Booting Linux and Linux
> Hello All, Hi! > > I've been using RedHat most of my linux life and now i'm in a searching > mode. I'm an intermediate user and wanted to learn more of the > background/inner workings of linux and came across gentoo. I think its > great that its so customizable. So my deliema is that I've begun using > Mandrake and would like to dual boot gentoo with it until I come up to > speed. Is this possible? If so, how? Yes, it is possible, and quite simple. Usually, when you partition your drive, you should consider how to split your drive(s). I once had similar dual-boot system with RedHat and Mandrake, with shared /boot and swap partitions, but all others were separate. Then I installed grub into /boot, and configured it to boot both redhat and mandrake kernels, with different root= parameter. And that is all. > > Colin Falkinburg > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > "To mess up a Linux box, you need to work at it; to mess up your Windows > box, you just need to work on it." Scott Granneman > > "Only two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not > sure about the former." Einstein > > _ > Crave some Miles Davis or Grateful Dead? Your old favorites are always > playing on MSN Radio Plus. Trial month free! > http://join.msn.com/?page=offers/premiumradio > > > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list WBR, Alex 'UniK' Unigovsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
[gentoo-user] Dual Booting Linux and Linux
Hello All, I've been using RedHat most of my linux life and now i'm in a searching mode. I'm an intermediate user and wanted to learn more of the background/inner workings of linux and came across gentoo. I think its great that its so customizable. So my deliema is that I've begun using Mandrake and would like to dual boot gentoo with it until I come up to speed. Is this possible? If so, how? Colin Falkinburg [EMAIL PROTECTED] "To mess up a Linux box, you need to work at it; to mess up your Windows box, you just need to work on it." Scott Granneman "Only two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the former." Einstein _ Crave some Miles Davis or Grateful Dead? Your old favorites are always playing on MSN Radio Plus. Trial month free! http://join.msn.com/?page=offers/premiumradio -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
