Re: SWAP partition on a different HD

[Syrus Nemat-Nasser <syrus@ucsd.edu>]

On Thu, 27 Mar 1997, Leon Castellanos wrote:

> I installed SOLARIS x86 2.5.1 and the identification number for the solaris
> UFS partition is the same as the Linux Swap! 
> 
> My question is if it is possible to make the SWAP partition on another HD
> so that it doesn't conflict with the SOLARIS one? I can't make it on the
> same HD cuz then SOLARIS would see it as a SOLARIS partition and SOLARIS
> doesn't allow more than one main UFS per HD!
> 
> HELP

I know nothing of Solaris, but Linux is very happy to use a swap 
partition on another HD.  Just make the partition with cfdisk, I believe, 
and then edit your /etc/fstab to change the location of your swap 
partition appropriately.

Syrus.

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Syrus Nemat-Nasser <syrus@ucsd.edu>    UCSD Physics Dept.