[ubuntu-in] sharinf /home between distros

[mallikarjun arjun]

On Sat, Sep 20, 2008 at 6:06 PM, Onkar Shinde <onkarshinde at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Sat, Sep 20, 2008 at 10:54 AM, Moz <listmoz at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi Mallikarjun
> >
> >>(1) can i share single /home between ubuntu and fedora
> >>(2) if so will the configuration files stay intact and consistant?
> >
> > Here's what I suggest. You already have Ubuntu installed I believe.
> > Backup your /home on an external drive (pen drive or external HDD).
> > Make enough space on your internal HDD and then install Fedora,
> > allowing it to format your /home if it wants to. At the end, boot
> > Fedora once and then copy your backup of /home from the external
> > drive back to your internal HDD. Perhaps that will delete some config
> > files but this might work.
>
> On the contrary he should keep the existing data on /home partition
> and use it as it is. That way there is at least some chance that it
> will work.
> Also the first user created in Fedora will need same user name as in
> Ubuntu. Otherwise it will simply use different home directory
> (/home/<username>).
>
>
> Onkar
>

I used dd command to copy the entire partition

Best Regards
mallikarjun


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