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On Saturday 13 June 2009, AG wrote: |
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> Hello list |
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> I am currently running Debian Squeeze and am considering the |
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> feasibility of switching to Gentoo due to several issues I am |
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> experiencing with a new machine with a SATA HDD and a TSSTcorp CDDVDW |
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> TS-H653Z which refuses to play audio CDs and pre-recorded DVDs. |
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> In any event, because I have loads of data on my /home partition, I'm |
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> curious about a few things, primarily what are the implications of |
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> dual-booting with Gentoo as my second OS, so that I can experience |
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> Gentoo without losing my data, etc. |
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> How compatible are Gentoo and Debian in terms of using a shared /home |
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> directory - I am concerned about uid for the directory for instance |
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> which, if I changed it for Gentoo, may not work for Debian and vice |
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> versa. |
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> Any thoughts/ suggestions? |
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> Many thanks |
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> AG |
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I had for a while a dual boot Gentoo-Debian. It is nothing to worry |
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about. |
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The only two things I remember (it was mid 2005) are: |
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1) kmail repository is in a different subdir (~/.mail vs ~/Mail) |
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2) Openoffice folder had different naming as well |
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Those are not issues that are worked around with a couple of symlinks. |
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WRT UID/GID just make sure in advance the two OS uses the same. |
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Don't forget to make backup before starting your tests ;-) |
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Ciao |
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Francesco |
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CEST 2009 |
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