Re: Partitioning on i386

[urgrue <urgrue@tumsan.fi>]

i see. so you want LOTS of partitions. well, one way is to not split 
everything up so much. linux only _needs_ one partition, technically 
speaking.
i recall there was some way to use files as partitions. you can mount 
them using the loop device. but i dont really know specifics. anyway i 
think this is a worse idea than just one bigger partition, with quota 
enabled if size really matters.
and you know maybe linux and bsd and solaris can share a swap 
partition? i dont know how easily thats done but in the worst case with 
some messy boot-time scripting.



> On the other hand, most of my linux stuff resides in primary
> partitions, so I
> would have to re-partition my disk. And that is too much trouble at
> the
> moment. (If I can move linux-stuff to logical partitions, I get more
> free
> primary partitions and thus can install more OSes. ;-) I am currently
> trying
> to get as many OSes on my machine as I can. I already got Win2k,
> GNU/Linux
> and NetBSD, next I want to get FreeBSD and Solaris 8 running, if I
> manage to
> re-partition my disks one day.)
> 
> Thank you very much,
> 
> Benjamin
> 
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> Benjamin Walkenhorst
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