RE: Weird looking partition table

["Mark Knecht" <mknecht controlnet com>]

Steven,
   It does work well, with some limitations that I haven't figured out. For
instance, I run the same version of Evolution under Redhat, Mandrake and
Gentoo, but for whatever reason, I have not succeeded in using the same
email data file in all distributions. For instance, Evolution REQUIRES that
the evolution directory be in /home/mark. Others have said that they can
move the directory to my data partition and replace the /home/mark/evolution
entry with a link. However, in my case, every time I switch distributions
Evolution requires me to go through a setup routine.

   I would suggest you go a bit slowly with this idea and test things out
before committing to doing it. It is VERY helpful for things like
unsupported device drivers. I can keep the source code in the data directory
and recompile it under a new distribution quite quickly. I can keep my mp3
and other audio I'm recording in a common place. Things like this work well.

   This sort of practice is very common when you think of network file
systems actually, where you might sit down on any Sun workstation and need
access to your data. This just extends the idea into a single PC. I think
folks have done this for years in one form or another.

Cheers,
Mark

> -----Original Message-----
> From: redhat-install-list-admin redhat com
> [mailto:redhat-install-list-admin redhat com]On Behalf Of Steven Fullmer
> Sent: Friday, May 30, 2003 10:10 AM
> To: redhat-install-list redhat com
> Subject: RE: Weird looking partition table
>
>
> This is a really good idea; I never thought to do this!
>
> Steven Fullmer
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mark Knecht
> Sent: Friday, May 30, 2003 10:31 AM
> Subject: RE: Weird looking partition table
>
>
> All of my RH kernels are in a single /boot partition. My Mandrake and
> Gentoo kernels are in their own partitions. These '/boot'
> partitions are all
> about 50MB if I remember correctly.
>
> Each distribution's root (/) exists in its own partition. These partitions
> are about 5-6GB each. This holds the majority of what gets installed.
>
> I let each distribution create my /home/mark user directories. I have
> another partition that holds my user data. In each distribution I create a
> directory /home/mark/data, and then I mount my data partition there
> automatically in fstab. This way, no matter which distribution
> I'm in I have
> access to all my files. (No different than mounting a Windows FAT drive
> under /mnt/windows for all three distributions.
>
> - Mark
>
>
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