[arch] 2 Linux distros on the same partition

[Neil Bags]

> Is there any good or specific reason for keeping the 2 on the same
partition?

Well I do want to avoid shifting data around, and avoid having a set how
much space each distro can use. I will probably ditch gentoo eventually, but
for now I don't want to do too much shuffling (and have too much downtime).
It just seems like something that under linux (with all its flexibility)
should be easy!

nbags.

On 12/4/06, Jeffrey 'jf' Lim <jfs.world at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> oh hey wait, i'm sorry - i just reread that again, and realized that u
> were talking about the 2 distros being on the same partition. My
> apologies...
>
> Having said that though, u could always split them out into different
> partitions, but still mount them the same way ('/', '/arch'). Is there
> any good or specific reason for keeping the 2 on the same partition?
>
> -jf
>
> On 12/4/06, Jeffrey 'jf' Lim <jfs.world at gmail.com> wrote:
> > what about changing the 'root=' parameter in ur menu.lst? Shouldnt
> > that work? And i think if u need to refer to the /arch partition to
> > get ur vmlinux26, u can use a "(hd0,0) style" of reference to get to
> > ur '/arch' partition. man grub for more details.
> >
> > -jf
> >
>
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