multiple Ultimate Edition one home folder

[billhedrick]

I am bout to install 3.5 on my laptop with 3.4 lite, I don't have a monster harddrive so I want to use common home folders for both. Lite is set up and runs like I want it to, so it's the home folder I would use. I am sure it can be done, but don't remember how. Is it just a matter of changing the pathways in the property of the 3.5 home folder?

[Xanayoshi]

Partitioning

So the problem here, is that you already have this set up I imagine through the installer, as it would set you up. Like..not manual.

You can split up your partition in a variety of ways but I generally stick to primaries which you have a max of 4. So to share a home between 2 OS I would set up basically

Swap-1GB(This can be raised..I just..never see swap go over a GB)
Root-20 GB
Root-20 GB
Home-Rest of Drive

The First OS install would be manually pointed to..OS-->Root, and then create the home on that install.

I'm sure there is a way to do what you are asking but I am not quite sure what the best way to do that would be.

On the second you do the same thing..except YOU DO NOT FORMAT HOME

In this manner you would have Home, and when opened you would see 2 folders, one for each system and its configurations.

[Xanayoshi]

Yeah..that..won't save you any memory. Easiest way would be to install it alongside...however

Let's expand on this Home Partition for a second.

It's pretty hard to back everything up constantly when you are dealing in super high numbers, like TB. You have to drive to the store or order another drive online. There is talk of some cloud thing but last I checked I was a Linux user..for me Cloud is the equivalent of naming a drive "cloud"

So you can create a home partition for when your Linux install breaks, which happens on occasion. In this manner you are not losing it all at root, just the OS. To recover you simply install another OS over root, and have it use the Home you have already set up..DO NOT FORMAT

That's just the tip of the partitioning iceberg.

[ryanvade]

So you can create a home partition for when your Linux install breaks, which happens on occasion. In this manner you are not losing it all at root, just the OS. To recover you simply install another OS over root, and have it use the Home you have already set up..DO NOT FORMAT

I do this all the time. Just be careful of any config files. And file permissions. All else should be good.