Re: Mandrake 10 vs. Suse 9.1

From: Matt (matt_at_themattfella.zzzz.com)
Date: 05/20/04


Date: Thu, 20 May 2004 12:20:05 GMT

houghi wrote:
> anc wrote:
>
>>You first install one linux OS i.e. Suse (grub uses mbr) then install each
>>of the other distos into a free / and /home partition using the
>>common /swap partition.
>
>
> If you do a dualboot with Windows, I sugest you start with that, as it
> overwrites the mbr.
>
> Question. Could one not use 1 /home for all of them?

Yes. But make sure that each system has the same mapping between uids
and logins. Use the -u option of useradd when adding a user.



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