Ancor Gonzalez Sosa composed on 2016-04-13 17:32 (UTC+0200):
Having separate swap partitions is safer from the hibernation point of view, but it consumes potentially valuable space just to make sure that
I wonder the value of space given how much disks have grown in capacity. OTOH, if booting and running from SSD, what point is there to having swap?
you can run a Linux system while the other is hibernated, which can be considered a pretty weird scenario.
Do multibooters really hibernate as a matter of course? I would think it no small problem to remember which was last used if employing hibernation and shared swap.
So, what the geckos out there think? Do you prefer to share swap partitions and save space or to have separate ones for better suspend isolation? Is there some implication or use-case that we have overlooked?
I don't think it makes sense to do any presuming in a multiboot environment. Probably the only valid presumption would be if the existing installation(s) contain "noresume" in their boot stanzas. In other cases, the question should be posed the user. All my PCs are multiboot. Most have only one disk. None have more than one swap partition per disk. But, all my partitioning is always completed and formatted prior to beginning any distro installation, so I always use expert mode anyway. -- "The wise are known for their understanding, and pleasant words are persuasive." Proverbs 16:21 (New Living Translation) Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-factory+owner@opensuse.org