On 4/2/07, Rob Rutherford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I have dual booted different distros on a single box sharing boot and swap done it worked fine. There was some lag in startup when changing systems. My guess would be differences in swap. Used different Kernel version, and everything. Just be very careful, some install scripts use symlinks in /boot It also drove some people who didn't understand what I did at first nuts. :-) On 4/2/07, Dale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > »Q« wrote: > > In <news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > Dale > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > »Q« wrote: > > In <news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > Dale > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > You should be able to share /boot and swap without any problems. > Just make sure you name the kernels something different or that > each distro is set up to use the same kernel version. > > Why the same kernel version? > > Well, if he uses nvidia drivers I think it will need to be the same. > I'm not sure about mixing a 2.4 and say a 2.6 either. It sort of > depends on what he is running. > > Any drivers he's using should be for the kernel they'll be > used with. He's only talking about sharing /boot and swap, not sharing > drivers. > > > True. It's to late for me to be giving to many suggestions. LOL > > I will say this though, not sharing /boot could turn into a nightmare. > I did that once. It was the most confusing thing I ever saw. It is really > confusing right now. ;-) > > I'm going to bed. Zzzzzz. > > Dale > > :-) :-) :-) >
I have dual booted different distros on a single box sharing boot and swap done it worked fine. There was some lag in startup when changing systems. My guess would be differences in swap. Used different Kernel version, and everything. Just be very careful, about the symlinks in /boot It also drove some people who didn't understand what I did at first nuts. :-) I should be getting to sleep as well...
