[Ilugc] Sharing patitions between linux distributions

[Chandrashekar B.]

Ananth G wrote:

>can the sysinit scripts be shared? why not , if it cant be shared, can
>u pls tell me why, 
>
As long as you know in detail what your sysinit scripts do and tweak 
them to suit your need to boot both Fedora, as well as Slackware. There 
are lots of other configuration files which are different in both these 
distros. For example, apache configuration files vary (Fedora uses 
Apache2, Slackware uses Apache 1.3.x). The default user/group scheme are 
different across these distributions. Some programs in Slackware behave 
a little differently than the similar counter-parts in Fedora.

Simply put, there's a lot of work involved in ironing out the oddities 
of both the distro, sharing the same config files. I guess the more 
effort you put into it... you will either end up converting slackware to 
resemble redhat, or vice-versa (sysinit, configuration, libraries, so 
on). You might end up losing the very essence of either distributions 
(system startup, default configuration, and so on).

But it can be fun way of learning how one distro is different from the 
other (as long as you dont end up losing valuable data).

Good luck with it :-)
Chandrashekar Babu.