Slackware/Fedora partition set up

Bazzaah · 11-02-2010, 03:37 AM

Hi

I would like to install Fedora alongside my Slackware install and have it share existing swap and /home partitions (with different user accounts).

There didn't seem to be an option to allow that when I looked at the custom install option - so, can I set Fedora like that, and, if so ,how do I do that?

igadoter · 11-02-2010, 06:39 AM

sharing /home directory between two different systems is difficult mainly due to permissions.
An account you will create under fedora maybe difficult to access within slackware and vice versa.
And they may appear other problems. I will rather discourage you doing that. I am surprised that fedora is unable automatically detect a swap.

Bazzaah · 11-03-2010, 03:57 AM

On reflection, it's not an optimal set up - I'll do something else.