[ale] quatriple boot

[cfowler]

On Wed, 2003-02-26 at 09:15, Michael D. Hirsch wrote:
> On Wednesday 26 February 2003 08:58 am, cfowler wrote:
> > On Wed, 2003-02-26 at 00:03, miguel wrote:
> > > hello alers,
> > >
> > > i am gonna try installing IN THE SAME hd:
> > >
> > > 1. winXP
> >
> >  /dev/hda1
> >
> > > 2. debian
> >
> > /dev/hda6
> >
> > > 3. slackware
> >
> > /dev/hda7
> >
> > > 4. gentoo
> >
> > /dev/hda8
> >
> > /dev/hda9 is a swap FS that all version of Linux can share.  IT is
> > possible to use a loop device as swap instead of a partition.
> 
> and /dev/hda2 is your /home partition.  That way you can have the same home 
> directories for all your Linux installations.
>

Awesome idea!  Make sure that the UID/GID numbers are the same on all
distributions.

 
> --Michael
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