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Article #874Re: Ubuntu Hardy - no bootloader
From: Will Kemp
Date: Tue, 07 Oct 2008 06:30
Date: Tue, 07 Oct 2008 06:30
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Sandgroper wrote: > "Doug Laidlaw" <doug@dougshost.invalid> wrote in message > news:mrvpr5-pnr.ln1@dougshost.douglaidlaw.net... >> Sandgroper wrote: >> I have separate partitions for / and /home, and re-use my Mandriva swap >> partition. >> > > If you are re-using the Mandriva swap partition , then I would be looking > closely on how you have set that up during the Hardy installation. > Did you format the existing swap partition during the installation ? It wouldn't make the slightest bit of difference either way. Nothing's stored on the swap partition between boots. Just as an aside, it's possible for a dual boot Windows system to share the Linux swap partition as well - although you have to do a small amount of trickery to make it work. -- http://SnapAndScribble.com
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X-Google-Thread: 102983,a8a48f0cd5b18bf2 X-Google-Attributes: gid102983,domainid0,public,usenet X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!g2news1.google.com!news1.google.com!eweka.nl!lightspeed.eweka.nl!feeder3.cambrium.nl!feeder6.cambrium.nl!feed.tweaknews.nl!feeder.news-service.com!69.16.177.246.MISMATCH!cyclone03.ams.highwinds-media.com!news.highwinds-media.com!npeersf01.ams.highwinds-media.com!newsfe25.ams2.POSTED!7564ea0f!not-for-mail From: Will Kemp <will@xxxx.swaggie.net> User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.16 (X11/20080723) MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: aus.computers.linux Subject: Re: Ubuntu Hardy - no bootloader References: <ottor5-11r.ln1@dougshost.douglaidlaw.net> <48e9d71d$0$22595$5a62ac22@per-qv1-newsreader-01.iinet.net.au> <mrvpr5-pnr.ln1@dougshost.douglaidlaw.net> <48eab4a1$0$22592$5a62ac22@per-qv1-newsreader-01.iinet.net.au> In-Reply-To: <48eab4a1$0$22592$5a62ac22@per-qv1-newsreader-01.iinet.net.au> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Lines: 23 Message-ID: <7mDGk.193$933.36@newsfe25.ams2> NNTP-Posting-Host: 81.100.16.92 X-Complaints-To: http://netreport.virginmedia.com X-Trace: newsfe25.ams2 1223361027 81.100.16.92 (Tue, 07 Oct 2008 06:30:27 UTC) NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 07 Oct 2008 06:30:27 UTC Organization: virginmedia.com Date: Tue, 07 Oct 2008 07:30:27 +0100