on Sun, Aug 03, 2003 at 08:25:56AM -0400, alex (radsky@ncia.net) 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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