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HI |
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This mail is not directly related to gentoo. |
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I have gentoo,ubuntu 5.10 on my system and using FC3 since it was released. |
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I tried to install FC4 on my system by sharing the swap and /home partition |
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between FC4 and ubuntu. The installation went well. I did not install KDE in |
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FC4. |
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I was well aware of permission screw ups that this could lead to, hence I |
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did not create any user (The UID and GID of root is preserved across Linux |
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distros) |
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I booted in as root and created a new user with UID and GID same as on |
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ubuntu. |
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Now I booted in GNOME and it was completely configured!!!! Moreover gaim |
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started and signed me in to all my accounts!!! This was first time login... |
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My question is that can sharing /home okay for a long run or will it lead to |
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problems. |
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Also can other file systems like /usr be shared along with this and if it |
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can be then under what restrictions?? |
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If any one has done this please let me know. |
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Sumeet |
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