Aere, if you don't want to mess user configurations with different linux distros using a single /home, you can simply use different user names. Each user will have a different folder at /home, and all configs inside that folder, nothing will conflict...
For files only, you can create a shared folder (everybody can read and write - wich has no config files) inside /home Jerry, Broadcom sometimes are a little tricky... This thread( http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2084508 ) points you to run: *sudo apt-get install linux-headers-generic* *sudo apt-get install --reinstall bcmwl-kernel-source* Do you know how to do this? If you don't, please tell me and I help you. 2014-10-04 23:45 GMT-03:00 Aere Greenway <[email protected]>: > On 10/04/2014 07:51 PM, "J. Van Brimmer" wrote: > >> >> Well, I completed the system backup, using the Lenovo tool called Create >> Recovery Media. One boot disc and three data discs. I tested only the boot >> disc, it worked. Since it took so much time to get the C drive shrunk down >> to where I wanted it, I didn’t want to do a complete system restore. I have >> no reason to think it wouldn't work. >> >> Now to find a distro to install. I am partial to Lubuntu, but when I >> booted up the live disc, Lubuntu didn't recognize the wireless device. It >> has a Broadcom 802.11 a/b/g/n Wifi adapter BCM43228. Is there a software >> package for this chipset in the repos? Now the search begins. >> >> For the one who asked. The hard drive already has three primary >> partitions. Sda1 is SYSTEM_DRV, sda2 is Windows7_OS, sda3 is >> Lenovo_Recovery. So, the next one I'll make extended. Sda3 has a drive >> letter of Q, of all things, and it is at the very end of the drive. If >> their going to put it at the end, name it Z for crying out loud. Anyway, >> that's where I'm at. >> >> With 3 primary partitions already, you'll need to create an extended > partition for the Linux stuff, because it requires at least two partitions: > a swap partition, and the root ("/") partition. I think you can have only > 4 primary partitions. Linux can be loaded from extended partitions. > > If you want to put in other Linux systems, you carve them out of your > extended partition as well. They can all (as far as I know) use the same > swap partition. > > I think the Master Boot Record (MBR) is changed to send you to the GRUB > loader, which in-turn can send you to any of your Linux partitions, or your > Windows partition. The last-installed Linux system is the one at the top > of the boot menu. > > I think it is also a good idea to create a common partition (formatted > FAT32, so it is visible to both Windows and Linux), for putting files used > by all of the different systems. > > A lot of people like a common /home partition, but I don't do that. With > different Linux distributions sharing such a common /home partition, that > could cause configuration problems. > > -- > Sincerely, > Aere > > > > -- > Lubuntu-users mailing list > [email protected] > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/ > mailman/listinfo/lubuntu-users >
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