Gary Montalbine schrieb am Sat, 13 Sep 2003 17:55:46 -0400: >I have installed 9.2 on my second HD. Using fstab I was able to open my >9.1 home directory in 9.2. My 9.1 desktop with icons appeared in 9.2.
You can always use your /home with several different installations. In fact it's a Good Thing(TM) to save ressources. There are noissues about that as far as data file are concerned. There are issues aboout the various subdirs which are created by the apps you use. As long as a newer version of a program uses the same file structure and ways to configure as the older version you just have to watch out for your old configuration files not to be overwritten by the newer ones. The hassle starts when a program changes this stuff. So before I share my /home with a newer distribution I back up the complete home-dir. Making backups is a Good Thing(TM)! For sharing files with WindowsXP or NT you may want to create a VFAT partition for the data you want to share because writing on NTFS from Linux is still not your best and most reliable friend. wobo
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