Re: Multiple Linux installs?

John <zen@xxxxxxxxx> did eloquently scribble:
I'm in need of some guidance please.

I have partitioned my hard drive for windows and 2 linux partitions,
plus a swap partition. My question is, do I need to have a swap
partition for each linux install, or can they share the one partition?

They can share.
Only one is active at once after all (unless you run one in a virtual
environment like vmware that is). Nothing in swap matters after a reboot.
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