On Mon, Jul 07, 2003 at 11:17:41AM -0400, Chris Metzler wrote: > 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.
You'd have to be very aggressive, yes, ;-) David -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
