Thanks for the confirmation, Baldyeti.

My understanding of partitions is still at the novice level. What advantage would I have mounting hda3 onto /KnopMyth and /hda1 onto /Knopp. Would this make it easier to access files on one system (Knoppix, say) when using the other system (KnopMyth)?

If I were to use a 32Mb hda1, how would I set that up? Just make the partition, install lilo there and make extended partitions for the rest of my setup? Is there any +/- to using a primary vs an extended partition for anything that I have proposed?

I would guess to answer that, you would need to know what I intend to do.

In my /home directory, I would like to back up my photos and music collection (~15G, but growing...). I have them on a powerbook right now. I like the MythTv interface for music and pics, but macs have the import/export of photos and music perfect. I would like to be able to place my rarely used media on the Linux box (and eventually backups of everything). I was hoping to have a shared file (samba?) in the /home directory to access this data when I need to from other computers.
Also, once I start recording some tv, it would be nice to be able to access those files over a share. I have some ideas about how to do this, but do you have any suggestions for making this work efficiently?

Realizing, of course, that it is probably an inefficient idea...

To put it simply, we are running a small lan right now with 3 (2 macs and a XP) notebooks on wireless and the linux machine plugged in. Eventually, I would like to make the linux box the server and have the notebooks put any backups on it.

Thanks, nrj

PS Damn, now I wish I had imagined a name as funny as baldyeti....