[osol-help] Use linux swap

2009-01-24 Thread Ian Collins
Bob Plantz wrote: > On Sat, 2009-01-24 at 18:53 +1300, Ian Collins wrote: > >> Robert Plantz wrote: >> >>> I am planning to coalesce /dev/sda4, /dev/sda5, and /dev/sda6 for my >>> OpenSolaris partition. Do I need a swap for OpenSolaris? If so, do I need >>> to move it to start at 19093 an

[osol-help] Use linux swap

2009-01-24 Thread Ian Collins
Robert Plantz wrote: > > I am planning to coalesce /dev/sda4, /dev/sda5, and /dev/sda6 for my > OpenSolaris partition. Do I need a swap for OpenSolaris? If so, do I need to > move it to start at 19093 and end at 19457? > No, as I said in the reply you didn't quote, "Solaris uses either a slice

[osol-help] Use linux swap

2009-01-23 Thread Bob Plantz
On Sat, 2009-01-24 at 18:53 +1300, Ian Collins wrote: > Robert Plantz wrote: > > > > I am planning to coalesce /dev/sda4, /dev/sda5, and /dev/sda6 for my > > OpenSolaris partition. Do I need a swap for OpenSolaris? If so, do I need > > to move it to start at 19093 and end at 19457? > > > No, a

[osol-help] Use linux swap

2009-01-23 Thread Robert Plantz
I'm confused. I want to build a dual-boot system -- Ubuntu/OpenSolaris. in "Getting Started With OpenSolaris 2008.11: Preparing for a Multiboot Environment" it says: Note - If you are installing the OpenSolaris OS on a multiboot system that also contains the Linux OS, the Solaris partition must

[osol-help] Use linux swap

2008-12-07 Thread Ian Collins
Andreas Nilsson wrote: > I intend to run a double ( or even tripple ) boot with osol/linux/windows. Is > there any way to use the linux swap partition as swap in osol? > > No, (Open)Solaris uses either a slice within a partition or a filesystem within a ZFS pool for swap. -- Ian.

[osol-help] Use linux swap

2008-12-06 Thread Andreas Nilsson
I intend to run a double ( or even tripple ) boot with osol/linux/windows. Is there any way to use the linux swap partition as swap in osol? /andrnils -- This message posted from opensolaris.org