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<TITLE>Linux Swap Space Mini-HOWTO: Introduction</TITLE>
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<LINK HREF="Swap-Space-2.html" REL=next>
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<H2><A NAME="s1">1. Introduction</A></H2>
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<P>Many people use both Linux and MS-Windows. The ability to do so is an
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important part of "the Linux revolution"; i.e. letting people
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experiment with (and get hooked on) Linux while still being able to
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run their off-the-shelf software. Since both Linux and MS-Windows use
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virtual memory with swap to disk, a frequently occurring question in
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comp.os.linux.setup is how to share swap spaces, in order to reduce the
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amount of disk space needed.
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<P>There are several methods for sharing swap spaces, the one described
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in this document is probably the most complicated one but is the only
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one I have encountered that allows maximum performance for both
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environments without the risk of trashing a disk partition. If you are
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using DOS, then many DOS applications manage their own swap files. You
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can also share the Linux swap partition with these applications.
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