Goal: Gain experience with two different distros yet maintain a "usable"
machine under both of these distros.
Plan: Install a 20GB hard disk and partition it as shown below:
+-----------------------+-------+
| swap | 512MB |
+-----------------------+-------+
| /home | 3GB |
+-----------------------+-------+
| / for stable Debian | 4GB |
+-----------------------+-------|
| / for stable Mandrake | 4GB |
+-----------------------+-------+
| / for "play" Debian | 4GB |
+-----------------------+-------+
| / for "play" Mandrake | 4GB |
+-----------------------+-------+
My plan was based on the assumptions that
(1) all distros use the same file system, so /home can always be mounted
(2) the swap space gets reinitialize on every reboot
(3) LILO can be used to select which partition to boot from and
can be set up correctly from any of the OS versions
This should not be rocket science, but I've been bit enough before while
playing with "simple, obvious" things that I'd like to know ahead of time if
there are there flies lurking in the ointment here and fix them up front.
Cheers and thanks
-rick
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