Yes, there are even howtos to share it with NT
On Mon, 12 Jul 1999, Jo wrote:
> and can the same swap partition be used for more than one Linux installation?
>
> "James J. Capone" wrote:
>
> > In most cases 64mb would be good enough. Remember Linux doesn't ask for too
> > much. If you think you are going to run into memory problems because of it then
> > I would go for the larger size swap, If not leave it like it is,
> >
> > That is my 2 cents.
> >
> > James J. Capone
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Jo [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Monday, July 12, 1999 1:07 AM
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: [newbie] swap space
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > I'm considering to install Cooker. I was thinking to reserve another
> > gigabyte of hard disk space for it. Now my question is: is it allowed to
> > 'reuse' or use again the swap partition? It will never be used by both
> > installations at the same time.
> >
> > Furthermore I'm considering to make it bigger. Right now it is 64 MB.
> > I'm running on a PII, 350 MHz with 128 MB of memory. Would it be better
> > to have more swap space? Like 96 or 128 MB?
> >
> > Many thanks for your comments,
> >
> > Jo
>
