Subject: Re: Can I use the linux swap partition?
To: Phil Nelson <phil@cs.wwu.edu>
From: Brad Colbert <bcolbert@acm.org>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 10/15/1998 13:47:31
Phil Nelson wrote:
> 
> >   Big question.  Real curios about this.  I'm tired of wasting 256Megs
> >   for 2 swap partitions, one for NetBSD, one for linux.  Can I just use
> >   the partition set aside for linux as my swap in NetBSD?  Do I just
> >   set that in the fstab file?  Will NetBSD recognize that partition since
> >   it has the Linux-swap partition identifier?
> 
> I believe you should be able to just make the b partition of your
> disklabel map to the Linux swap area even though it is out of the
> NetBSD partition.  I access the DOS partition this way, why not the
> Linux swap partition!
> 

   That's what I was thinking.  Thanks tons.

   B

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