Date: Sat, 08 May 2004 15:28:10 +0100 From: Peter Risdon <peter@circlesquared.com> To: Geoffrey Lane <mgjscdhl@nb.sympatico.ca> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Newbie: 4.9 / 5.2.1 / 4.10 ?? Message-ID: <409CEE7A.1000405@circlesquared.com> In-Reply-To: <200405072218.26187.dgw@liwest.at> References: <20040424190051.EED9B16A4CE@hub.freebsd.org> <200405071215.24651.mgjscdhl@nb.sympatico.ca> <409BB897.1040805@daleco.biz> <200405072218.26187.dgw@liwest.at>
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Daniela wrote: >On Friday 07 May 2004 16:25, Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P. wrote: > > >>>4) Can freebsd use a linux swap space? >>> >>> > >Yes, anything can be used as swap space, but be sure to determine the correct >device file, or else you'll overwrite precious data. >If, for example, you have the Linux swap on the second slice on the first IDE >drive, the device file would be: /dev/ad0s2 (at least for 4.9, I think for >5.X it's /dev/ad0s2c but I'm not sure). > > This might help: http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Linux+FreeBSD.html It includes a section on sharing swap space. PWR.
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