HI
This mail is not directly related to gentoo.
I have gentoo,ubuntu 5.10 on my system and using FC3 since it was released.
I
tried to install FC4 on my system by sharing the swap and /home
partition between FC4 and ubuntu. The installation went well. I did not
install KDE in FC4.
I was well
On Sunday 19 March 2006 13:04, Sumeet Pal Singh wrote:
HI
This mail is not directly related to gentoo.
I have gentoo,ubuntu 5.10 on my system and using FC3 since it was released.
I tried to install FC4 on my system by sharing the swap and /home partition
between FC4 and ubuntu. The
Hemmann, Volker Armin schreef:
On Sunday 19 March 2006 13:04, Sumeet Pal Singh wrote:
HI This mail is not directly related to gentoo. I have
gentoo,ubuntu 5.10 on my system and using FC3 since it was
released.
I tried to install FC4 on my system by sharing the swap and /home
partition
On Sunday 19 March 2006 13:55, Holly Bostick wrote:
That's what I would have thought, too. But frankly, it seems too much
maintenance to me, since as soon as the versions go out of sync, then
you're likely to have problems that are difficult to track down.
I have no problem with two users
On Sun, 19 Mar 2006 17:34:55 +0530, Sumeet Pal Singh wrote:
My question is that can sharing /home okay for a long run or will it
lead to problems.
Sharing the /home partition is fine, sharing a home directory between
distros will cause trouble. Even if you fix the permissions problems, by
On Sunday 19 March 2006 16:57, Neil Bothwick wrote:
Share things like you KDE/GNOME config files and it WILL bite you at some
time.
no, it won't
kde uses for its major versionds (3.3, 3.4, 3.5) different directories
(.kde3.3, .kde3.4, .kde3.5). Worst case - you have to set a symlink (.kde)
On Sun, 19 Mar 2006 17:13:37 +0100, Hemmann, Volker Armin wrote:
Share things like you KDE/GNOME config files and it WILL bite you at
some time.
no, it won't
kde uses for its major versionds (3.3, 3.4, 3.5) different directories
(.kde3.3, .kde3.4, .kde3.5). Worst case - you have to
On Sun, 19 Mar 2006 19:24:10 +0100, Hemmann, Volker Armin wrote:
Major versions, yes, but not minor versions. The problems occur when
you upgrade one distro to a later minor version, run it, then go back
to the older version. config files are intended to be
backward-compatible, not
On Sunday 19 March 2006 20:25, Neil Bothwick wrote:
On Sun, 19 Mar 2006 19:24:10 +0100, Hemmann, Volker Armin wrote:
Major versions, yes, but not minor versions. The problems occur when
you upgrade one distro to a later minor version, run it, then go back
to the older version. config
On Sun, 19 Mar 2006 23:50:56 +0100, Hemmann, Volker Armin wrote:
KDE, especially if one of the distros uses a customised version.
Running Gentoo and Mandrake with a shared home directory broke things
in very short order. Using separate home directories on a single
shared partition gave
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