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On Dec 28, 2011 9:40 AM, "Nilesh Govindarajan" <contact@××××××××.com> wrote: |
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> On Dec 28, 2011 7:52 AM, "Andrew Lowe" <agl@×××××××.au> wrote: |
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> > Hi all, |
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> > I usually use Gentoo as my "normal" Linux but a third party app |
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I'm about to start using only runs on SUSE. To this end, I'm about to set |
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aside a smaller partition and install the minimal amnount of SUSE I need to |
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run the app. My question is regarding /home and swap. Is there anything in |
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my current Gentoo /home and swap that "locks" them to the Gentoo install or |
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can I share them between the two installs? What I mean by share is that |
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when I boot up Gentoo can I mount /home and swap and everything is fully |
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accessible and then reboot into SUSE and once again mount them and |
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everything is once again fully accessible? |
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> > I'm not doing anything "snazzy" such as LVM or encryption, just |
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bog standard Linux. Any thoughts greatly appreciated. |
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> > Regards, |
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> > Andrew |
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> Another important factor is desktop environment. Various settings can |
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cause troubles in either ones. |
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True. |
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My suggestion would be to not share your ~ directly, but instead share |
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something *under* ~ |
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E.g. : |
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mkdir ~/sharedstuff |
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mount /dev/sdxx ~/sharedstuff |
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Another alternative would be to ensure that you are not using the same |
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username in both OS, and just do a bindmount. |
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Rgds, |
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