Michael Satterwhite wrote:
You're saying to create two of each. When I'm doing the install, can I tell it which partition to use for what? e.g; If I have a /usr partition, won't the new install see that, and won't it conflict with the /usr for the new installation? How do I keep them separate?
Yes. You'll have to go into expert mode to create the partitions during installation. If you want to do this, I would suggest you create one installation first, but leave enough hard disk space without partitions for a second installation. Then write down exactly which partitions you have used. When you do the second installation, use expert mode again because SuSE installer will probably try to use your existing partitions. Create new partitions and install in them. The partition table does not define the names of the partitions (/usr etc.); so the installation program only knows the partitions as /dev/hda1, /dev/hda2, etc. That means it can avoid conflicts, but it also means that it doesn't know you already have data you want to keep. Once you have two installations, you can read partitions of one installation from another by creating suitable mount points: for example, if /dev/hda8 is your first /home partition, you could put a line /dev/hda8 /home2 reiserfs defaults 1 2 in your second installation /etc/fstab, to make it accessible. It may be unwise to try to share the /home partition across both installations because the local settings in ~user/.kde (for example) may conflict if you have different versions of KDE. -- JDL Non enim propter gloriam, diuicias aut honores pugnamus set propter libertatem solummodo quam Nemo bonus nisi simul cum vita amittit.