Date: Thu, 6 Feb 1997 09:13:15 -0500 (EST) From: Jonathan Sturges <jonathan@cc.odu.edu> To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Can Linux/FreeBSD share swap? Message-ID: <Pine.SUN.3.91.970206091136.232B-100000@maui.cc.odu.edu>
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Hi, I was wondering if Linux (RedHat 4.0, kernel 2.0.25) and FreeBSD (2.1.6 or 2.2) could share a swap partition. I want to run both OSes, but I'm not swimming in disk space, and it seems silly to allocate 2 separate swap partitions, one for each OS. >From what I've seen so far, this doesn't look easy. FreeBSD understands ext2fs, so I was thinking maybe a swap file on an ext2fs partition, rather than a dedicated swap partition, might be the "common ground" that both can access. I haven't tried this yet, however. Any insights here? Please respond to me directly, as I'm not subscribed to this list currently. thanks for any help, Jonathan jonathan@cc.odu.edu
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