Dedpoet
06-04-2002, 10:14 AM
Sorry fot the OT guys, but some of you regulars can probably answer this faster than anywhere else...
Can I have 2 different Linux distros on 2 different partitions share a common swap partition? I think the answer is 'yes', as I believe swap space is initialized at system boot. That makes sense to me, but I wanted to be sure. I found a HOWTO that talks about sharing swap space between Linux and Windows, and if that can work then what I want to do should certainly be possible. I'm going to start playing with Gentoo, but don't want to nuke my Redhat partition just yet, and would like to run them on the same machine. I'm using a laptop, so a second cheapo hard drive isn't an option.
Thanks,
-Dedpoet
Can I have 2 different Linux distros on 2 different partitions share a common swap partition? I think the answer is 'yes', as I believe swap space is initialized at system boot. That makes sense to me, but I wanted to be sure. I found a HOWTO that talks about sharing swap space between Linux and Windows, and if that can work then what I want to do should certainly be possible. I'm going to start playing with Gentoo, but don't want to nuke my Redhat partition just yet, and would like to run them on the same machine. I'm using a laptop, so a second cheapo hard drive isn't an option.
Thanks,
-Dedpoet