> I recently read a sort of HOWTO for converting a linux redhat >=6.0 into > a debian 2.2 (potato). > I just couldn't find the document again. > Could someone give me the address where I could find it ? > > Thanks in advance, > Nicolas.
I have recently made a system with dual-boot Debian 2.2 / SuSE 6.4 on request. Basicly I used something like: /dev/hda1: 500Mb root fs - Debian /dev/hda2: 500Mb root fs - SuSE /dev/hda3: 256Mb swap /dev/hda4: 19Gb big debian: /usr -> /big/debian/usr/ /var -> /big/debain/var/ /opt -> /big/opt/ /home -> /big/home/ suse: /usr -> /big/suse/usr/ /var -> /big/suse/var/ /opt -> /big/opt/ /home -> /big/home/ big: /big/debian/usr/local -> /big/local /big/suse/usr/local -> /big/local /big/debain/var/mail -> /big/mail /big/suse/var/mail -> /big/mail Now... the problem was a bit in /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow. I have made a script to extract all non-system users out of debian/suse passwd and shadow file and insert them into the other one. This is a bit tricky and its good to also consider both adduser.conf files (some dists have useradd.conf :)) Both distributions co-exist, are largely independent and still share users for both. Jirka -- Jiri Klouda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~jk
