Linux - SoftwareThis forum is for Software issues.
Having a problem installing a new program? Want to know which application is best for the job? Post your question in this forum.
Notices
Welcome to LinuxQuestions.org, a friendly and active Linux Community.
You are currently viewing LQ as a guest. By joining our community you will have the ability to post topics, receive our newsletter, use the advanced search, subscribe to threads and access many other special features. Registration is quick, simple and absolutely free. Join our community today!
Note that registered members see fewer ads, and ContentLink is completely disabled once you log in.
If you have any problems with the registration process or your account login, please contact us. If you need to reset your password, click here.
Having a problem logging in? Please visit this page to clear all LQ-related cookies.
Get a virtual cloud desktop with the Linux distro that you want in less than five minutes with Shells! With over 10 pre-installed distros to choose from, the worry-free installation life is here! Whether you are a digital nomad or just looking for flexibility, Shells can put your Linux machine on the device that you want to use.
Exclusive for LQ members, get up to 45% off per month. Click here for more info.
Distribution: Mandriva 2009 X86_64 suse 11.3 X86_64 Centos X86_64 Debian X86_64 Linux MInt 86_64 OS X
Posts: 2,369
Rep:
Swap files
I install 3 different distros on 3 separate hd namely SDA SDB and SDC
Whill installing I told the installer to do it on specific drive
I find it rather strange that distro number 2 create his own swap file but use also use the swap file from distro one
So distro 3 again create his own swap file and use also the swap file from distro 1 and 2
I know that if I take out of Fstab then it is over.
But I am wondering why ?
well swap is always useful if it's there, the more the merrier if you've no other use for it. there's no harm in using swap in that way, nothing persists across a boot or such, so there's no danger at all in using some other systems swap file.
I am not sure acid_kewpie, but I think when you put your system to hibernate, the current memory image is saved on swap.
Having a separate swap for each distro enables you to hibernate from each distro, not having one distro erasing the single swap space (and mess with the previous memory image from the other system).
you know that did slip my mind half way through replying... you need to be a certain type of person to want to do that on multiple distro's though. i still don't think hibernation is reliable enough to get that far though...
Distribution: Mandriva 2009 X86_64 suse 11.3 X86_64 Centos X86_64 Debian X86_64 Linux MInt 86_64 OS X
Posts: 2,369
Original Poster
Rep:
well acid kewpie I try to explain below what my seasons are
On of the reasons that I do so is that booting up goes as quick as possible hard drive normally start writing and reading
form the outside to the inside . Second I have try to do put a distro on drive sdb en put GRUB on sda where windows xp is
suse 10.3 it ends up that suse and windows did not boot again and also Fedoora which I was installing as the 3 OS
I had to use suse repair mode to get it booting again Suse mention Fedora as a option but Fedora did not boot
That is way I separate it all. So I have always one distro working
LinuxQuestions.org is looking for people interested in writing
Editorials, Articles, Reviews, and more. If you'd like to contribute
content, let us know.