[ubuntu-in] sharinf /home between distros

Moz listmoz at gmail.com
Sat Sep 20 06:24:55 BST 2008


Hi Mallikarjun

>(1) can i share single /home between ubuntu and fedora
>(2) if so will the configuration files stay intact and consistant?

Here's what I suggest. You already have Ubuntu installed I believe. 
Backup your /home on an external drive (pen drive or external HDD). 
Make enough space on your internal HDD and then install Fedora, 
allowing it to format your /home if it wants to. At the end, boot 
Fedora once and then copy your backup of /home from the external 
drive back to your internal HDD. Perhaps that will delete some config 
files but this might work.

Let me warn you though, that I have not done this before.

Regards

Moz




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