> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Carl Lowenstein > Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2005 3:46 PM > To: Main Discussion List for KPLUG > Subject: Re: multiple installs sharing /home or /root > > /root needs to be on the root (/) partition for a number of reasons. > Particularly so that > you can boot without mounting all partitions. For the same > reason, /bin and /sbin and /etc need to be on the root > partition. I don't think you want to try to share the same > root partition between different distributions.
Well, you *could* share your /root directory. Under pretty much any distro that I've used, /root is the equivalent of if there were a /home/root. The only thing is, as you say, it's typically on / so that it's available without having to mount other partitions. One scheme would be to go ahead and say mount a "/root" partition on /root (via /etc/fstab). This would then, in effect, override whatever is in the distribution default /root. When I first install, /root has a very minimal user environment, just like a normal user. That is, except for the installer logs (Fedora). Not sure what other distros might put in there. If you need to boot in a mode where you are unable to mount other partitions, then the distribution default /root is still there. Nothing lost. Now, I'm trying to remember if it's possible to, say, have a /home/root on the same partition as /home and mount that on /root. I seem to recall being able to do that but standard mount is only on block or loopback devices. Perhaps I'm confusing mounting host directories from inside UML... -Jon -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
