[Gllug] Multiple Distro's, one swap partition?

[john at sinodun.org.uk]

> Morning all...
>
> I can't seem to get any meaningful results on Google for this:
>
> I've got a new laptop and I'm having difficulty installing Debian on it
> (what a surprise!)
> I'm going to persevere with it, but in the meantime I'd like to get
> something simple like Mandrake, or maybe a knoppix hdinstall, up and
> running on another partition... I was wondering whether I could save a
> little space by using the same swap partition for both Distro's? Anyone
> tried that before?

Yes.  I always do that when I install multiple distros on one box.  It
works fine.
John



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