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Bug ID 4410647
Synopsis x86 sd: Linux thinks that the Solaris partition is a great place to swap
State 10-Fix Delivered (Fix available in build)
Category:Subcategory kernel:driver-sd-fixed
Keywords
Responsible Engineer Lawrence Lee
Reported Against s28u3_fcs
Duplicate Of
Introduced In
Commit to Fix s10_72
Fixed In s10_72
Release Fixed solaris_10(s10_72)
Related Bugs 6247431 , 6690824 , 6186015 , 6192384 , 6193164 , 6194657 , 6197499
Submit Date 1-February-2001
Last Update Date 2-August-2005
Description 
I have been told that:
The disk partition identifier for Linux swap space is 82.
The disk partition identifier for Solaris OS is also  82.

Hence if one installs redhat linux, it will clobber the solaris partition.
Work Around 
N/A
Comments 
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