On Mon, 7 Jul 2003 13:20:25 +0200
David Fokkema <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 07, 2003 at 12:37:18PM +0200, Lukas Ruf wrote:
>>
>> I assume:
>> swap -- without problems
>> usr -- I wouldn't since all distros make use of slightly different
>> configurations
>> etc -- dito
>> home -- yes
>> var -- with a lot of care due to "usr"-problematic
>> dev -- depends on the various kernels, i.e. devfs <-> legacy devs
>>
>> In general:
>> - where OS/distro-dependend stuff is in, rather not
>> - user's data like home of course
>>
>> What do the other think?
>
> Basically, I agree with you. /home, /tmp and swap. Nothing more. You run
> the risk of either breaking or polluting different distros.
I might imagine that there'd be others if you were aggressive about
sub-partitioning. For example, if /var/mail were its own partition,
mounted at either /var/mail or /var/spool/mail depending on what a
particular distro did, I would think that'd work.
-c
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