How to have 2 different linux distros on same HD
I have a 30 gig drive. Fedora occupys the entire drive. Can it be partitioned and a second and different distribution such as lycoris3 be co resident ? that is can I toggle between distros ? If so, how can this be done ?
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Yes, that's pretty easy.
Basically, you first decide which partitions you want - do you want to share some partitions? (swap is shared, of course.) I suggest sharing two partitions: /home keeping users data separate from system but accessible in same place from every distro /usr/local for stuff all users shall have access to (eg mp3's, source etc.) You have to be careful with sharing /home, config-files might not work with different versions of a program. Also create one /boot primary partition about 40MB, install grub here once. I have written 2 rather lengthy instructions about this, don't feel like rewriting them: sharing partitions booting several distro's Partitioning suggestion: hda1 3GB / hda2 5GB / hda3 40MB /boot hda5 512MB swap hda6 3GB /home hda7 18.5GB /usr/local |
ok.l sounds good... all i need is a tool to do all this. My Partition Magic doesnt work gives error 110...anyone have a suggestion what tool to use ? and this might sound trivial but after i download it, I need to know how to install it.. man you are talking to a real newbie here. dont cuss just need a little help...
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