From: unruh@invalid.ca   
      
   On 2012-07-17, Warren Post  wrote:   
   > I'd like to temporarily install and play with a few distros on my box, in   
   > addition to my current production distro. I know I shouldn't just point   
   > them all to my current /home/user, as each distro may modify config files   
   > in ~/ in ways the production distro might not like.   
   >   
   > Searching this ng, I see several previous discussions on doing this. The   
   > methods I've found require an intimate knowledge of what data is at risk.   
   > But I want to play with distros I'm unfamiliar with, so by definition I   
   > don't have the needed prior knowledge. And this is only to temporarily   
   > test, so I don't need shared ~/ in any case.   
   >   
   > Can I then simply install a new distro to a new partition, creating new   
   > user for it? Or is there something else I should be aware of before   
      
   Sure. Put the whole distro onto one 20GB partition and put /home onto   
   that and put your home directory there.   
      
   > jumping in? And are there best practices for doing this sort of thing?   
      
   Nope. If the other partitions are not even mounted there is nothing this   
   insallation can do to it.   
      
   >   
   > And yes, I've tried playing with live CDs, but after noodling around with   
   > a few I'd like to dig a little deeper and work with something installed.   
   >   
      
   Go ahead.   
      
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