Can I have 2 home partitions?

Can I have 2 home partitions?

The only two partitions you need are / (the tree root) and swap (which does not get included into the tree). Then all data in any real directory under / would be stored in the root partition. What you can do now is to take specific directories out of the root partition / and assign their own partition to them.

Can two Linux distros share the same swap partition?

Yes, you can share swap area with two or more operating systems. To share swap area, create the swap area when you install the first operating system and then when you install the second one, do not create a new swap area, instead just use the first OS’s swap area as the mount point for swap area of the second OS.

Should I use separate partition for home?

The main reason for having a home partition is to separate your user files and configuration files from the operating system files. Reinstalling the OS is much faster when all data files are on a separate home partition. Some swap and file system areas like temporary files or swap files are accessed frequently.

How do I install multiple distros?

Just make multiple partitions on your hard drive, for each distro. When you install a distro, it’ll install GRUB, the boot manager. GRUB will update it’s config file and detect the other distros and add them to the boot menu.

Can swap be shared?

3 Answers. It’s possible. In fact, you can share the swap space between completely different operating systems, as long as you initialize the swap space when you boot. It used to be relatively common to share swap space between Linux and Windows, back when it represented a significant portion of your hard disk.

Is it possible to share a home folder over different Linux distributions?

It certainly is possible to share a home folder (or partition) over different linux distributions. But take the following notes: UID and GID must be the same on each distributions for the certain user(s). (as already pointed out) different configuration files for the same programs could result in unexpected behavior.

How to make Fedora and arch share the same partition?

Then, /home/ /foo/bar can be accessed via /home/ /fedora/foo/bar on arch, for example. If you want the paths to be the same, save most of your files to a third, distinct partition, and mount it in the same place within both distributions e.g. /home/ /stuff.

What do you do if you have two Linux distros?

Create a new directory in a place accessible to both distros, move the files and symlink from there. Not only does this control exactly what gets shared, but it makes it very easy to move your preferences to other machines, to put them under version control if you need and to back them up.

What happens if I install different Linux distributions?

(as already pointed out) different configuration files for the same programs could result in unexpected behavior. If you install all distributions onto the same boot folder, make sure that the bootloader handles the different distributions correctly.