sharing partions among linux distroes

[UseWhatEver]

i was wondoring , can 1 share pations or directories between several linux distroes on the same box , if i want all my linuxes to have the same home directory , or share some binaries as if they were their own , share some crusial directories , if this is achievable im sure there is tons of resourses about it , but i lack the search string ! :D

[DMR]

Your swap partition can definitely be shared. /home can as well, but it can get messy due to differences in some of the user-specific scripts used by different distros.

Standard system directories such as /bin, /sbin, /etc can't/shouldn't be shared because they contain distro-specific commands, config files, etc.; sharing these types of filesystems would cause conflicts.

Also, you can't share directories in the sense that you're talking about unless they exist on their own partition (that is, you can't share the /home directory of one distro if it's just a subdirectory of the / partition of that distro).

Of course, any partitions that you create to store your own data, programs, etc. can obviously be shared; you just need to mount them in order to have access to them.