Dual boot with PCLinux???

[Liam Proven]

On Sun, Jun 6, 2010 at 1:08 PM, Steve <yorvik.ubunto at googlemail.com> wrote:
> On Sun, 06 Jun 2010 13:01:07 +0100, Henry Dubb <henry.dubb at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>>>
>>> But upon boot I am asked what I want to boot from. There is a list
>>> starting with Ubuntu 10.04.
>>> At the bottom there are THREE options for PCLinuxOS:
>>> linux-on
>>> linux-nonfb
>>> failsafe
>>>
>>> **ALL** options lead to the same error message:
>>> Kernel panic (wonderful expression!) - not syncing
>>> VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown block (0,0)
>>>
>>
>> I would use gpart and format drive into four partitions.
>>
>> partition 1 10.04 (10gb)
>> partition 2 PC Linux (10gb)
>> partition 3 /home
>> partition 4 SWAP (small if over 1G of ram.
>>
>>
> The problem with that arrangement is the shared /home, this can lead to
> some starnge problems with conflicting configurations.  I keep /home with
> the OS and just have a common data partition.
>
> --
> Steve (Yorvyk)
> http://lubuntu.net

It's fine so long as you don't share *user account* home directories
between different distros using the same desktop.

E.g. a shared /home, PC dual-booting Ubuntu 9 & 10, use 2 accounts.
Dual-booting Ubuntu & Kubuntu, no problem - the different desktops
won't stomp each other's settings. Dual-booting Mint & Ubuntu (both
GNOME), use 2 accounts.

If the 2(+) distros use different desktops, fine, share an account.
Settings in /home/alice won't affect /home/bob & /vice versa/.

If the distros use the same desktop, it's best to use different
accounts, so that (say) Ubuntu 9'a GNOME settings won't stomp Ubuntu
10's & /vice versa/.

It's easier, cleaner & "more standard" UNIX practice to regard /home
as the data filesystem and keep everything in there.

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