to dual boot linux
AA
asokanon at yahoo.com
Wed Oct 19 07:39:06 UTC 2005
my thought was to just create my normal user in
ubuntu, and then create a user account just called
'studio' or something similar for the demudi. Will
that affect the user id numbers? What problems could
it cause, and what potential solutions could I use?
Thanks,
SMH
--- Vram <lamsokvr at xprt.net> wrote:
> On Wed, 2005-10-19 at 00:00 -0700, AA wrote:
> > Hello, I am currently dual booting windowxp and
> ubuntu
> > 5.10 with no problems. I want to know if it is
> safe
> > to allow two different linux installations to
> share
> > the same /home drive?
> > I have windows on one HD, then I have a second HD
> for
> > my / and swap, and a third that is my /home. What
> I
> > want to do is split the / HD into two /
> partitions,
> > install ubuntu on one and install demudi on the
> other,
> > but I want to use the same /home HD for both.
> > Is this safe, or should I also split the /home
> into
> > seperate partitions for each OS? Do I need to
> enable
> > the large file support for an ext3 partition of I
> will
> > be recording audio to it?
> > Thanks in advance,
> > SMH
> >
> >
> > Asoka Anon
> > CCLVI PROCO
> > 7.9 Records
> >
> > poeta est Agricolae
> >
>
>
>
> The only thing I know to worry about is your <user>
> id number..
>
> If it is different then you can have problems..
>
> Good luck
>
>
> Vram
>
>
>
>
> --
> ubuntu-users mailing list
> ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
>
http://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users
>
__________________________________
Yahoo! Mail - PC Magazine Editors' Choice 2005
http://mail.yahoo.com
More information about the ubuntu-users
mailing list