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. -- Karsten M. Self <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://kmself.home.netcom.com/ What Part of "Gestalt" don't you understand? "What are you supposed to do if you are a manically depressed robot? No, don't bother to answer that, I'm fifty thousand times more intelligent than you and even I don't know the answer. It gives me a headache just trying to think down to your level." -- HHGTG
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