Thomas Mueller <tmueller@bluegrass.net> wrote
> Is there any way to make NetBSD use a Linux swap partition, or make Linux use
a
> NetBSD swap partition?  I am mainly interested in i386, though this question
> might be relevant to other platforms too.  Linux swap partition is type 82
> (hexadecimal).

Have a look at: "The Linux+FreeBSD mini-HOWTO"

     http://www.ssc.com/mirrors/LDP/HOWTO/mini/Linux+FreeBSD.html

There is a chapter titled "Sharing swap space between Linux and FreeBSD"
It probably applies to NetBSD too.

P.S. I have not tried it.

Federico