My linux distros are currently up and down more often than a bride's nightie (see Ubuntu migration thread).
Is there a sensible way to partition my HDD so I can swap distros at a later date with minimal pain?
At present I'm using the following:
/dev/sda 232GB
/dev/sda1 2GB swap
/dev/sda2 25GB (boot /)
/dev/sda3 115GB (/home)
(90GB unused at present)
If I ensure all personal stuff ends up in /home, will I be able to swap distros painlessly at a later date? (I assume a reinstall would only impact upon /dev/sda2)
What about personal application data such as email? Will this end up in /dev/sda2 or can I force it to live in the relevant /home/<whoever> path?
Do I need to take extra care seeing as I'm flipping between 32 bit and 64 bit distros? Apart from recompiling my own code would anything else be of concern?
Finally, is there any way of having several linux distros on the same HDD and I choose whichever one is best for the job in hand at boot time, but whichever I choose they'll operate on the same /home in /dev/sda3? How would this work seeing as only one partition can be bootable (I assume?).
Sorry for so many questions, but I'm starting to get the hang of this slightly and a little information is dangerous!


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