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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