-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Douglas Allan Tutty wrote: > 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 found that "chroot" can only be run by root. Why cannot it be run as a normal user? > I _always_ put /home on its own partition if nothing else. > I do not put /home on a separate partition because I never know how much space I need for personal files and how much space I need for system files. If I have another physical disk, I'd rather put backups on it.
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