I am no expert on swap, but since it is just for temporary storage (like RAMDISK) and there should be no problem with this concept. -Shane <a href="http://www.hackosis.com">http://www.hackosis.com</a> <div class="gmail_quote"> On Dec 19, 2007 11:04 AM, <<a href="mailto:Michael.Coll-Barth@verizonwireless.com">Michael.Coll-Barth@verizonwireless.com</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> All, I am in the process of building a new machine that will have several different OSes installed for different purposes. WIN XP, Ubuntu 7.10 and Fedora 8 are already installed and working with at least two other flavors of Linux coming. Only one OS will be booted at any given time, no VM Ware here... The question of the day; can I safely have a single swap space that is shared by the different flavors of Linux? Do I need to do anything special to the space and or settings of the OS to do this? thanks in advance, Michael The information contained in this message and any attachment may be proprietary, confidential, and privileged or subject to the work product doctrine and thus protected from disclosure. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, or an employee or agent responsible for delivering this message to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify me immediately by replying to this message and deleting it and all copies and backups thereof. Thank you. -- ubuntu-users mailing list <a href="mailto:ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users" target="_blank"> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users</a> </blockquote></div>