On Mon, 2003-02-03 at 08:54, Russ wrote: > HI All, > > I actually have 2 questions here: > > 1. What is the difference between the different distros? They are all Linux > aren't they? Correct me if I am wrong but didn't Mandrake start out as Red > Hat? >
Everyone has their own idea of how to build a car. Literally, a car is a car, but you have Chrysler, GM/Holden, Ford, Morris, Austin, Volvo, VW and the likes. Same with linux. Same basic ideology. > 2. If a person wanted to run different flavors on one drive, what would be > the best way to partition that drive? Could they all share the swap > partition? What about the partition that holds all user data? > > Thanks > Russ > You're going to run into problems. Seriously. RedHat and MDK use the same basic file system layout, but others do not. You're going to run into lib problems, path problems - you name it. -- Mon, 3 Feb 2003 12:30:00 +1100 12:30pm up 14:35, 6 users, load average: 0.70, 0.54, 0.54 ------------------------------------------------------------------ | __ __ | kuhn media australia | | / ,, /| |'-. | http://kma.0catch.com | | .\__/ || | | |=================================| | _ / `._ \|_|_.-' | stephen kuhn | | | / \__.`=._) (_ | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | |/ ._/ |"""""""""| | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | |'. `\ | | | icq: 5483808 | | ;"""/ / | | | | | smk ) /_/| |.-------.| | mobile: 0410-728-389 | | ' `-`' " " | Berkeley, New South Wales, AU | ------------------------------------------------------------------ linux user:267497 * RH 8.0 * PC/Mac/Linux/Networking/Consulting ------------------------------------------------------------------ Mulder: You can't bury the truth! "The X-Files: Aprocrypha"
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