Alexander Skwar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> So sprach Andrew George am Fri, Jan 26, 2001 at 09:51:34PM +1100:
> > Solaris probably (havn't used it so I'm not sure)
>
> Hmm, I don't know about Solaris either, but I would not think that it works.
> When you create a SWAP file/partition under linux, there's some "signature"
> or whatever added to it, so that the kernel recognizes it as a SWAP area.
> Will the Solaris swap not overwrite this signature?
>
> But as long as you stay in Linux, there should not be any problems at all.
Well, now hold on a sec.
If you have Solaris and Linux (or whatever) use different partitions
(or files! - don't forget that Linux can use a swap FILE), it does not
matter if the format of them are different. (And if you want to use
the same object for swapping, then you just have to format it before
use each time - there's a how to or some doc somewhere on that - or
there was)
What probably matters most for the question that I think is at
hand - "What different OS's can co-exist on the same hard drive,
and what are the limitations/assumptions?" - is 1) are the partition
table formats compatible, or can you stick one of the OS's INSIDE
a 'normal' partition; 2) how many partitions do you have to burn up
to install the OS; 3) what kind of partition sharing can occur
(e.g. swap partitions); and 4) did the format of swap partitions
change recently? (this is the question I'm left with w.r.t the
subject "A Proactive Solution")
Since the question had to do with sharing the same hard drive,
solutions like using different partition tables on more than
one drive are excluded ;-)
rc
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