Re: Swap Partition & NTFS Support

["Aaron Barclay :-)" <aaron al com au>]

try +127M

Foung Vang wrote:
> 
> I created Linux swap partition using Linux fdisk.  Afterward when I go back
> in, using Disk Druid, it complains saying my swap partition is too large and
> that the maximum size is 127M.
> 
> I did do that in fdisk and yet it still complained.  What I did to created
> my swap partition was tell fdisk I wanted a partition of "127M+"  (can't
> remember if the + sign is needed or not) and then I wrote my changes with
> the W option.  Could this be a bug in FDISK?  I haven't got a chance to try
> inputting the value in kilobyte instead yet.
> 
> I also created the partition using Partition Magic 4.0 and it also complain
> saying that the size was too big.  Any ideas?
> 
> 2nd Part:
> I also have NT on the same hard disk (6GB split into two 3GB partition).
> Ishe HOWTO on Linux & NT dual boot correct?  Or do I need to do something
> competely different to dual boot using NT & Linux only?
> Also, can the 2.0.34-6 kernel mount a NTFS?  If no, then what do I need to
> be able to mount a NTFS?
> 
> Thanks for any help you can give!
> 
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