on Sun, Aug 03, 2003 at 08:25:56AM -0400, alex ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> I have four Linux systems (two Debians) installed with all sharing a 
> single swap and a /home partition. (Don't ask why......it's just 
> because they were available..... but everything seems to work fine.)
Sharable partitions:

 - /boot (if this is where your unified kernels & bootloaders are)  Only
   update/install kernels from one of your systems if doing this.

 - /tmp  If wiped clean at boot.

 - /home  System-independent.

 - /usr/local and/or /opt:  Perhaps.  Should be system independent.
   Some distros manage this space, some do not.  Those that do should be
   considered in error.

No other standard trees/partitions can be reliably shared.

Consider as an alternate option:  UML.  Lets you try out different linux
configurations, which may be run simultaneously (comperable somewhat to
VMWare).

> Question--what advantage or disadvantage would there be if multiple
> Linux systems shared additional partitions such as /temp, /usr, 
> /var,......?  Is this even practical?

You'll utterly crap out the information required by one system when
running others.

Peace.

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