[arch] 2 Linux distros on the same partition

[Neil Bags]

Well another way would be to put arch in / and gentoo in /gentoo and replace
gentoo's init with a thin wrapper (i don't use an initrd on gentoo, and i
don't think gentoo uses kinit).

But I want to introduce my friends to arch, and I thought this might be an
easy way to do it (if I can figure it out) since it doesn't require changing
their current linux setup, or shuffling-data/repartitioning.

nbags,

On 12/4/06, Jeffrey 'jf' Lim <jfs.world at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 12/4/06, Neil Bags <lists at n3il.com> wrote:
> >
> > 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!
> >
>
> :) "flexibility" aint necessarily = "easy", mate... I empathize with
> ur aims (and aspirations, of moving on to Arch) but i dont think
> there's anything much i can do to help u besides suggesting what i've
> suggested (splitting them out into different partitions)... Good
> luck!!!
>
> -jf
>
> ps. i'm not so sure what environment ur machine is in, but could u say
> perhaps attach an external hard disk (hence no downtime - u dont even
> need to reboot!), and then just install arch onto it?
>
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