sharing fc3 swap space with Centos

[Frank Elsner]

On Fri, 27 Jan 2006 14:27:00 +0530 Ankush Grover wrote:
> On 1/27/06, Frank Elsner <Elsner at zrz.tu-berlin.de> wrote:
> >
> > On Fri, 27 Jan 2006 14:14:50 +0530 Ankush Grover wrote:
> > > Hey friends,
> > >
> > >  I have FC3 installed on a machine.Now I want to dual boot fc3
> > with  Centos
> > > on that machine ,how do I share the swap space of fc3 with Centos and
> > also
> > > can i share more partitions like opt with Centos. On FC3 the size of
> > /opt is
> > > 7 GB as i have installed few 3rd party softwares and I want to use those
> > > softwares in Centos without again installing those softwares.
> >
> > Should be no problem with swap, for opt it depends on the software.
> >
> >
> > --Frank Elsner
> >
> > Hey,
> 
> 
> 
> Thanks for the information but can I install  Centos without  creating a
> swap space while installing it Or I install the Centos with swap space and
> later on replace the swap space entry in Centos with fc3.

Assumed your FC3 ist installed and using /dev/hdX for swap, 
tell your Centos during installation to use /dev/hdX for swap.


--Frank Elsner