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To: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
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Subject: Re: Can Linux/FreeBSD share swap? 
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From: "Marty Leisner" <leisner@sdsp.mc.xerox.com>
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Not swap files, but raw swap parittions...

I have a single 35 MB partition to swap (only swap)

DOS uses a swap file...

In linux, I remove all swap files, and then dd into gzip to save it, 
mkswap, and swapon.

On shutdown , I  swapoff and zcat the old saved image back into the 
/dev/swap-partition.

I want to use the same approach with other os's...it works well.

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marty
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