Re: 2nd Linux installation

[Oki DZ <litbang@haltek.telkom.net.id>]

Jean-Yves BARBIER wrote:
> 
> > One of the things I use the linux box for is an FTP server for my LAN, and I
> > was wondering if it is okay to share the /home/ftp/pub directory between the 2
> > distros so that as it gets modified in one distro the modifications will be
> > updated in the other.  For example if my partitions are:
> >
> > hda
> > /dev/hda1  /boot
> > /dev/hda2  /
> > /dev/hda3  /usr
> > /dev/hda4  swap
> >
> > hdb
> > /dev/hdb1  /boot
> > /dev/hdb2  /
> > /dev/hdb3  /usr
> > /dev/hdb4  swap
> > /dev/hdb5  /home/ftp/pub  shared between both distros
> >
> > will this work?
> 
> Yes, but why separate /boot, you'd better use a partition for /home

I think it would be safer to share /swap and have two /boot's.

Oki