Subject: Re: Why root and usr in separate partitions?
To: None <netbsd-users@netbsd.org>
From: Aaron J. Grier <agrier@poofygoof.com>
List: netbsd-users
Date: 07/01/2001 13:18:18 
On Sat, Jun 30, 2001 at 03:25:54AM -0400, Thomas Mueller wrote:

> But I've wondered why Linux prefers a separate swap partition,
> considering primary partitions are limited.

a linux swap partition can be defined in the extended partition table.

both NetBSD and Linux support swapfiles.

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