Sharing a /boot partition

element13 · 02-03-2010, 10:34 PM

Sorry if this has been answered already, I've searched through like 20 different threads though and haven't found anything on it...

So I already have Windows 7 and LinuxMint installed, when I install Slackware can I use the same /boot partition that LinuxMint uses, or do I need to create a separate one?

koenigdavidmj · 02-03-2010, 10:55 PM

It's possible, but you'll have to move files a good bit. Otherwise, things will collide--for example, both Slackware and Linux Mint have files /boot/vmlinuz, each of which is their own kernel. If the two distributions share a /boot then these will conflict.

element13 · 02-03-2010, 11:04 PM

So... probably easiest to just make it a separate partition. Thanks!