Swap file on non formated partition?

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2 total messages Started by Luis Guido Thu, 20 Mar 1997 00:00

#186

Author: Luis Guido
Date: Thu, 20 Mar 1997 00:00

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Is it possible to use a non-formated partition (I think) to use for swap?
I have dos, nt and linux runing on the same machine. My idea is to make nt
use the swap partition used by linux (that I think is not formated) to
save disk space and improve nt performance. If the partition isn't
formated, nt could put the swap pages without passing through filesystems
(I think that's what linux does) using the disk maximum transfer rate.

If someone knows if it is possible or not, and if it is how to do it, I'll
apreciate some help.

P.S. - Sorry about my poor english.
       Reply me by email please. (i19846@caravela.di.fc.ul.pt)

Thank's in advance....

             Luis Guido

       Faculdade de Ciencias
      Universidade de Lisboa
          Lisboa, Portugal

Re: Swap file on non formated partition?

#187

Author: Nenad BUNCIC
Date: Fri, 21 Mar 1997 00:00

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Luis Guido wrote:
> 
> Is it possible to use a non-formated partition (I think) to use for swap?
> I have dos, nt and linux runing on the same machine. My idea is to make nt
> use the swap partition used by linux (that I think is not formated) to
> save disk space and improve nt performance. If the partition isn't
> formated, nt could put the swap pages without passing through filesystems
> (I think that's what linux does) using the disk maximum transfer rate.

  Have a look at 'http://www.conx.com/linux/lx95swap.html'
  (Sharing Swap Space Between Linux and MS Windows)


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