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TreoTra93
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 Posted: Thu Jun 11, 2009 10:57 am Post subject: Partition Swap and Grub |
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Hello, I'm not really sure what the swap partition is used for, but, I have a question. Is it possible to Use the same swap partition if I, lets say, dual boot or triple boot three different Linux distros, or do I have to make a new swap partition for every OS that requires swap?
And Grub, as I've understood, I can choose to install GRUB on a separate partition, so that I can keep it after an unistall of Linux. But, where can I edit GRUB if I don't have any Linux OS on the computer?
Anybody that could would be great, even if it's just to correct me, that would be great, or help me, or tell where I really should post this, anything. Thanks. |
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gregool
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hi there,
one swap partition is enough, u can use swapon for choose which partition you wanna use for swap.
and about the grub thing, u can edit any file on your hdd from a livecd, u just need to mount the partition first.
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TreoTra93
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Oh, great, thank you so much. I'm installing Gentoo to an old computer right now actually, I haven't dared to install it on my main computer yet but that's great to know thanks  |
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