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
> 
> 
> 
> 
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