12-08-2002
Swap partitions are not used to store files such as MP3, etc.
Swap partitions are used by the kernel in a similar manner as RAM... in laymens terms, it is like disk-based memory.
Sorry, but according to your post, what you want to do is not possible with swap space.
If you want to share hard drive space between windows and linux, you need to use a filesystem in the partition that both OS can use (like fat32 and other windows filesystems supported by linux).
Do a "man mount" to see the different filesystems supported.....
Also, see this post:
https://www.unix.com/windows-and-dos-issues-and-discussions/9296-access-windows.html
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