Re: tri-boot debian, debian-without-dm, and windows with newer debian using partitions from older debian?
On Thu, 2013-09-05 at 12:25 +0200, Jochen Spieker wrote:
> Anubhav Yadav:
> >
> > Can I install debian again on my machine (without any desktop manager)
> > on a separate partition for / and use the /home, /usr, /var and /temp
> > from my current debian installation?
>
> You shoud never share /usr unless your two installations have the exact
> same set of packages installed. The same applies to /var.
>
> /tmp may be shared freely as long as you don't suspend one OS to disk.
>
> /home is not a problem as long as you don't mix stable and testing or
> unstable. Many programs save their settings there and may upgrade their
> config file format without notice. Older versions may not be able to
> read this.
>
> J.
That sums it up! Thanks a lot for the information!
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Regards,
Anubhav Yadav,
Computer Engineering Final Year Student,
Imperial College of Engineering and Research,
Pune.
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