hello,
I have a 10 G fat32 partition at the end of my harddisk.
/dev/hda6 Logical
I would like to erase it and install another distribution to try it out ( not that I am unhappy with slackware ;^) ).
I have read some threads and articles on triple booting, but since I am still not a really confident linux user I post this thread to double check if it is as simple as it seems. I would change the filesystem to ext3, make a mountpoint for my current home (i want to share the home partition between the 2 linux systems), install the system, change lilo.conf, and that is it? Should I make a seperate swap partition or is it ok to share the swap also?
Thank you kindly for the answers in advance and have a nice day.

I would diverge a bit:

1) reformat /dev/hda6 as ext3
2) install new linux putting grub/lilo into root partition (/dev/hda6 NOT the MBR)
3) I wouldn't share the home partition because significantly different linux distros may cause some weird behavior and you (or the system) might end up overwriting some things you didn't want to since you'll have write permission.
4) Share the swap space
5) Change the lilo in your Slack install to chainload the new lilo/grub (that way your slack partition should always be bootable and when you remove /dev/hda6 or install a new linux, you can keep it independent).

Anyway, that's my

Thanks for the quick reply,
So when i install the new system i basically install another lilo; during startup first the 'first' lilo (on the mbr) loads, and if i choose the new distribution it redirects to the 'second', newly installed one. This is a good tip. Will do.
I understand that sharing the home partition with the same user name the . configuration files could cause trouble, but what if i have a specific user for each system? What could theoretically happen?
On the other hand 10+ G is enough space for the whole thing i guess... Anyway, thanks again, g.evening

You will have to make sure the numerical IDs of the users are different. For the second installation, you could just start numbering the users from 2000 instead of 1000. It should work this way.