**************************************** * LUG meet on 12 Jan. 2003 @ VJTI ****************************************
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. -- There's one fool at least in every married couple. -- _______________________________________________ http://mm.ilug-bom.org.in/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
