[clug-talk] Switching partitions

[Hendrik Schaink]

Every distro has special ways of storing a number of information bits in
each users /home directory. While some info is standardized -- think
gnupg, ssh -- other data bits like kde, gnome, sane, xine, tend to be
more distro-specific. So for that reason I recommend _against_ sharing
or swapping /home directories. Instead, I suggest using either a
/docs/<username> directory to locally share documents between distros
_or_ putting a Samba server into place so file are shared across the
network.

OTOH, I do not really understand your motive for wanting to swap /home
dirs. Do you want to keep distro A /home partition safe _or_ do you want
to re-install distro B but keep its /home partition intact?

HTH, Hendrik

Joe S wrote:
> I have 2 linux distros installed on my computer.
> Distro A has a / partition.
> Distro B has a / and a /home partition.
> 
> I want to switch the /home partition on Distro B to Distro A. Is
> this posible; I still want to have the /home on a separate
> partition so when I upgrade I can leave the /home partition alone?
> Can I remount the /home partition on Distro B on the home
> directory of Distro A?