Re: Desktop user: Etch or the next testing?

[Douglas Allan Tutty <dtutty@porchlight.ca>]

On Tue, Apr 03, 2007 at 08:33:49PM +0800, Wei Chen wrote:
> Douglas Allan Tutty wrote:
> 
> > So why not do both?  Assuming that all your hardware runs under Etch,
> > have a good etch setup that "just works", on one set of
> > partitions/drives.  Put /home on its own partition.  Put Lenny on its
> > own set of partitions.  Then you can:
> > 
> > 	Boot Etch and run etch's apps to get work done.
> > 
> > 	Boot Etch and run Lenny's apps in a chroot to test out new
> > 	features.  This is simpler than compiling newer versions from
> > 	source.
> > 
> > 	Boot Lenny to see how its working.
> > 
> > The first two can be done concurrently by different users.
> 
> I've never done it. I always set only one partition on the disk and put
> everything in it whenever it is possible. I know there is chroot jail
> and one can put a program in it (and copy all shared libraries that it
> depends) to run. I've also heard (a little) of debootstrap using which
> one can run a whole Debian operating system in a chroot jail. But I have
> never had a chance to try those things. :)
> 

Since you said you sometimes like to play, now's your chance.  

I _always_ put /home on its own partition if nothing else.  

Doug.