9 Jan
2003
9 Jan
'03
10:28 a.m.
On Thu, 9 Jan 2003, Tahir Hashmi wrote:
is there any way i can use my linux swap partition for windows swap purposes
You can't because both have different filesystem formats. Unless, of course, you choose to reformat the partition everytime you reboot!
Ummm, you can... there's a howto up on how to do it. basically, linux swap partition is an unformatted partition - ie, it is a raw disk. without the overhead of allocation units, the system can make optimal use of swap space - utilising every byte without fragmentation.
This is the same reason that windows has a single swap file - the file can be treated as an unformatted partition.
linux can use this file as a swap partition.
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