[plug] Windows and Linux SWAP

[Craig Ringer]

I am the LinuxAlien wrote:
> Is there some way to share a swap partition between windows and Linux? I 
> am running Debian and W2k. I have 128Mb ram and a 235Mb swap partition. 
> Windows has currently got a 128Mb swap file. 

/why/? The only benefit would be saving 128mb of disk space. Windows 
isn't noticeably faster with a swap file on a separate partition of the 
same disk over a FIXED SIZE swap partition on the main volume. Of course 
  if your swap partition is on a separate disk it might be worth it, 
especially if the second disk is faster.

> My main need for the speed 
> advantage is for Windows as this is my work computer used for High 
> intensity graphics. (is there some way to help boost this

Buy more RAM. RAM is cheap, if you're doing anything serious whack in a 
512MB DIMM and be shocked by the improvement. Of course that assumes 
your PC takes PC100/133 or DDR, older RAM types and (*ick) RAMBUS memory 
are more expensive.

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