On Mon, Feb 23, 2004 at 06:18:42AM -0800, priyadarsan roy wrote: > > > 1. I've 256 MB RAM on my system. Is one /swap > partition of 512 MB enough if I plan to install three > distros, i.e. for three / native partitions or do I > need to have three /swap partitions of 512 MB each ? > > > ===> Yes it would be fine if you had just one swap > space for all the distros. > > 2. I wish to have three / native partitions and > another partition for /home. Now can this /home > partition be common for the three distros ?
be careful with userid and groupid when adding users In Debian GNU/Linux the first UID is 1000 and in some other it is 500. to make it uniform edit /etc/adduser.conf(referring Debian) BEFORE ADDING ANY USERS look for the line FIRST_UID=1000 and change it to FIRST_UID=500 and add users in the same order > > ===> It is bettet if you dont keep one distros /home > for the other make them separate. > > It would also be better if you install GRUB as your > bootloader, its easy to troubleshoot with, if you have > any problems. and you do not have to modify mbr each and every time an an os is installed. with regards M.Balakrishna Pillai
