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#1 2011-03-24 21:25:55
- Arm@nd
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[SOLVED]can i install another linux distribution and keep arch?
i have seperate boot,root,home partitions
is it possible to install another distribution and to use the boot and home directory i allready have?
and do i have to create another swap partition?
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#2 2011-03-24 21:30:28
- JokerBoy
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Re: [SOLVED]can i install another linux distribution and keep arch?
swap you can share, and /home also (but with different usernames to not mess things up). why share /boot? is not like you'll install two bootloaders on /boot.
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#3 2011-03-24 21:39:52
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Re: [SOLVED]can i install another linux distribution and keep arch?
im going to try and install debian and opensus
i don't know about opensus but debian uses grub,
so i thought maybe i could somehow add it to the menu
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#4 2011-03-24 21:45:33
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Re: [SOLVED]can i install another linux distribution and keep arch?
don't use any other bootloaders, install other distros without touching the MBR and after that boot in Arch and edit your menu.lst if you're using grub1, syslinux.cfg for syslinux, etc.
debian = when it get's absolute then is stable.
suse = google "how in the hell i can use my pppoe connection" for days.
lol, nevermind. 
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#5 2011-03-24 21:46:29
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Re: [SOLVED]can i install another linux distribution and keep arch?
Yes you can. Just make sure there is no filename conflict in /boot.
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#6 2011-03-24 22:00:38
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Re: [SOLVED]can i install another linux distribution and keep arch?
lol joker,
thx guys i will try that,
i must say since i started to use linux my geek lvl has skyrocked and arch only makes it worst 
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#7 2011-03-25 01:29:03
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Re: [SOLVED]can i install another linux distribution and keep arch?
You can share swap, /boot, and /home. You could even get away with sharing other things like /etc but that's a little risky (and pointless). All Linux distributions have the same filesystem layout; you just have to make sure there are no file conflicts, and distributions have their system files layed out differently. You can use different kernels with one distribution with no separate filesystems as well, if all you want is a different kernel.
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#8 2011-03-25 02:40:46
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Re: [SOLVED]can i install another linux distribution and keep arch?
You can share swap, /boot, and /home. You could even get away with sharing other things like /etc but that's a little risky (and pointless). All Linux distributions have the same filesystem layout; you just have to make sure there are no file conflicts, and distributions have their system files layed out differently. You can use different kernels with one distribution with no separate filesystems as well, if all you want is a different kernel.
Sharing swap is only okay if you're not using hibernation (to swap) though.
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