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AFAIK, UNIX uses slices and partitions.

Actually, the only safe thing you can say is that UNIX uses devices that can be used for storage. I wish you could say more, but you really can't.

With regards to sharing of swap.. in reality, the answer is "no", but you could certainly do it, you'd just have to format for the right system every time. The reason why the answer is really "no" is because swap is sometimes used for more than swap (e.g. for hibernating in the case of Linux.. which isn't really UNIX, but figured it deserves mention). Implementing a "shared swap" (again, not really shared) across multiple distros of whatever is something you'd have to implement on your own. Not really for "newbies". Just saying...

IMHO, you may need to focus on your CPU cooling? If the CPU needs to run hot, it need to run hot. I'd hate to gamble thinking I can make it run cool all of the time.

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transmission-create

TRANSMISSION-CREATE(1)					    BSD General Commands Manual 				    TRANSMISSION-CREATE(1)

NAME

     transmission-create -- command-line utility to create .torrent files

SYNOPSIS

     transmission-create [-h] [-p] [-o file] [-c comment] [-t tracker] [source file or directory]

DESCRIPTION

     transmission-create creates BitTorrent .torrent files from the command line

OPTIONS

     -h --help
	     Show a short help page and exit.

     -o --outfile
	     Save the generated .torrent to this filename.

     -p --private
	     Flag the torrent as intended for use on private trackers.

     -c --comment
	     Add a comment to the torrent file.

     -t --tracker
	     Add a tracker's announce URL to the .torrent. Most torrents will have at least one announce URL. To add more than one, use this
	     option multiple times.

AUTHORS

     Jordan Lee

SEE ALSO

     transmission-create(1), transmission-daemon(1), transmission-edit(1), transmission-gtk(1), transmission-qt(1), transmission-remote(1),
     transmission-show(1)

     http://www.transmissionbt.com/

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