Re: [CentOS] What's going on with my Linux Swap?

On Thu, 2005-09-08 at 22:32 +0900, Dave Gutteridge wrote:

I've tried to create a Linux swap file, but when I run fdisk, it looks like this: Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/hdb1 * 1 3644 29270398+ 83 Linux /dev/hdb2 3645 3737 747022+ f W95 Ext'd (LBA) /dev/hdb5 3645 3737 746991 82 Linux swap

Why is this W95 partition existing in the same place as my Linux swap? I would have thought they'd be incompatible. Can my Linux OS use this Linux swap?

That's an extended partition. It acts as a container for logical partitions (with a number greater than or equal to 5).