Multiple linux sharing one common swap

[alex]

alex wrote:

> I thought I'd be clever to avoid duplication by having 4 linuxes (two 
> KNOPPIX, one SuSE, and one UBUNTU) share a single common swap  but now 
> I'm  wondiring if  it's a dumb idea  There are also two MS Windows and 
> four utility partitions (catch-alls for Windows and linux))
>
Since I posted the original  query, I've been investigating  cfdisk and 
came across something about maximizing a partition with the letter ' 
m'.  Can someone explain what is meant by maximizing ---could it 
possibly mean restoring the selected partition back to it's original 
partition boundaries?   I don't dare running this until I know what 
maximizing does.
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alex, the OF