Re: partition sharing

[Bruce Smith <bruce@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

> this is kind of an extension of the "sharing swap partitions" discussion
> from last week.  my question: exactly how far can partition sharing safely
> go?  i'm interested in running redhat and slackware side by side, and
> switching back and forth relatively seamlessly.  would it be safe, for
> instance, to share the /tmp partition?  how about /home?

I don't see any problems sharing those two partitions.

Keep in mind that if you share /home, the UID (user ID numbers) 
must be the same on redhat and slackware for all non-root users.  
Otherwise you will run into serious permissions problems.
Same for group ID numbers.

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Bruce Smith                bruce@armintl.com
System Administrator / Network Administrator
Armstrong International, Inc.
Three Rivers, Michigan  49093  USA
http://www.armstrong-intl.com/
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