On Tue, Apr 03, 2007 at 08:33:49PM +0800, Wei Chen wrote: > Douglas Allan Tutty wrote: > > > So why not do both? Assuming that all your hardware runs under Etch, > > have a good etch setup that "just works", on one set of > > partitions/drives. Put /home on its own partition. Put Lenny on its > > own set of partitions. Then you can: > > > > Boot Etch and run etch's apps to get work done. > > > > Boot Etch and run Lenny's apps in a chroot to test out new > > features. This is simpler than compiling newer versions from > > source. > > > > Boot Lenny to see how its working. > > > > The first two can be done concurrently by different users. > > I've never done it. I always set only one partition on the disk and put > everything in it whenever it is possible. I know there is chroot jail > and one can put a program in it (and copy all shared libraries that it > depends) to run. I've also heard (a little) of debootstrap using which > one can run a whole Debian operating system in a chroot jail. But I have > never had a chance to try those things. :) >
Since you said you sometimes like to play, now's your chance. I _always_ put /home on its own partition if nothing else. Doug. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
