From: Timothy Towers (tim@lorien.demon.co.uk)
Date: 06/14/93


From: tim@lorien.demon.co.uk (Timothy Towers)
Subject: Steal Windows Swap File
Date: Mon, 14 Jun 1993 05:11:13 +0000

Okay Folks,

   Some people, for work reasons, need to have Windows/Word on their PC
(consolations accepted, thanks...).

   My HD is not large enough to put aside room for dos, windows & apps,
12Mb of Windows Swap space, linux and linux swap space. (indeed, if truth
were to be known, I cannot afford a linux partition at all yet).

   However, looking into the future, where I have finished Ultima, and can
grit my teeth and remove xwing from the HD, I will have almost enough
space except for the swap partition.

   Since I will not be using both Windows and Linux at the same time I
wondered if any of the NetGuru's out there had thought of sharing a swapfile
between them.

   As far as I can figure out, It consists of a whole number of HD cylinders
assigned sequentially on the disk, with a directory entry to stop DOG
programs from overwriting it.

   Just a thought...

   Tim

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