Ubuntu :: Dual Boot With Single /Home Partition?
Mar 5, 2010
Situation:
8GB SSD
#! on a 3.7GB partition, only 2.5GB used
Kuki (XFCE) on a 3.4GB partition, about 3GB used)
Both have their own /home folders within their individual /, but since I don't use this computer for documents/personal files, I figured it may be an idea to keep a 1GB partition just for my Home folder which would work for both distros. Both distros are Ubuntu based. Crunchbang uses Openbox, Kuki uses XFCE. They both are running the same kernel right now too in fact. I know how to use Gparted to create the spare 1GB partition, but I'm not sure how to get both distros to move their /home over there. I have the same usernames on each distros.
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[Code]....
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Disk /dev/sda: 160.0 GB, 160041885696 bytes
129 heads, 4 sectors/track, 605778 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 516 * 512 = 264192 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
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1 Linux boot partition ~2-4GB
1 Linux swap partition ~1-2 GB
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