Re: What directories can be shared between multiple distributions on the same machine??
On Mon, Jul 07, 2003 at 11:17:41AM -0400, Chris Metzler wrote:
> On Mon, 7 Jul 2003 13:20:25 +0200
> David Fokkema <dfokkema@ileos.nl> wrote:
> > On Mon, Jul 07, 2003 at 12:37:18PM +0200, Lukas Ruf wrote:
> >>
> >> I assume:
> >> swap -- without problems
> >> usr -- I wouldn't since all distros make use of slightly different
> >> configurations
> >> etc -- dito
> >> home -- yes
> >> var -- with a lot of care due to "usr"-problematic
> >> dev -- depends on the various kernels, i.e. devfs <-> legacy devs
> >>
> >> In general:
> >> - where OS/distro-dependend stuff is in, rather not
> >> - user's data like home of course
> >>
> >> What do the other think?
> >
> > Basically, I agree with you. /home, /tmp and swap. Nothing more. You run
> > the risk of either breaking or polluting different distros.
>
> I might imagine that there'd be others if you were aggressive about
> sub-partitioning. For example, if /var/mail were its own partition,
> mounted at either /var/mail or /var/spool/mail depending on what a
> particular distro did, I would think that'd work.
You'd have to be very aggressive, yes, ;-)
David
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