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On Sunday 19 March 2006 13:04, Sumeet Pal Singh wrote: |
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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 |
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> in 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 |
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> to 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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as long as you are using the same software versions on both systems (at least |
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the major version number should be the same) it should be ok. |
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But why are you asking here and not at the ubuntu or fc mailing lists? |
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