Hard Drive Organization

[Karl F. Larsen]

Johnneylee Rollins wrote:
> On Sat, Jan 9, 2010 at 3:52 PM, Karl F. Larsen <klarsen1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Chris wrote:
>>> On Sat, 09 Jan 2010 16:28:31 -0700
>>> "Karl F. Larsen" <klarsen1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Chris wrote:
>>>>> On Sat, 09 Jan 2010 14:21:23 -0700
>>>>> "Karl F. Larsen" <klarsen1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>          I have 14 versions of Ubuntu and Fedora on my 160 GB
>>>>>> Hard Drive. Each of the versions use the same Home directory
>>>>>> which is in it's own partition on the Hard Drive.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>          In April when the next version of Ubuntu comes along
>>>>>> I will put it into a new 5GB partition. Then, using /etc/fdisk
>>>>>> I will mount the big Home partition onto this version as well.
>>>>>> The Home partition is 25GB.
>>>>>>
> 
> It makes me wonder if there is any actual reasons to do this.
> Is there a problem with chroot environments? 


	Well yes. I wanted to have stand alone systems. This is 
necessary since some things need a new kernel, and others do 
not work with a new kernel. They need what they have been 
provided with.

	And my way is a good way because I know how it works.


73 Karl





Or just personal preference?
> This has gotten my curiosity up from it's nap.
> 
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