Date: Mon, 29 Apr 1996 14:50:03 -0700 (MST) From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> To: Harlan.Stenn@pfcs.com (Harlan Stenn) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Using a Linix swap area for FreeBSD? Message-ID: <199604292150.OAA05212@phaeton.artisoft.com> In-Reply-To: <20993.830767432@mumps.pfcs.com> from "Harlan Stenn" at Apr 29, 96 04:43:52 am
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> Is there a way (easy?) to have FreeBSD recognize and use a Linix swap > area as FreeBSD swap space? Use the raw device for the partition. It should work. man swapon Linux expects swap to be in a particular format. Like using the Windows 3.1 swap file, you will have to make Linux reset the swap area after reboot to make it usable again for Linux. Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers.
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