Messages in this thread | | | From | Bodo Eggert <> | Subject | Re: swap: which is the maximum size allowed? | Date | Sun, 28 Jan 2007 23:43:38 +0100 |
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Eriberto <eriberto@eriberto.pro.br> wrote:
> I am trying understand the swap. I would like to know which is the > maximum swap size on i386. Is 64 MB? If yes, how to know the origin of > this "magic" number? I don't found it (Internet).
Look into the manpage of mkswap. It's 2 G x 32 swap partitions, minus a tiny overhead. -- "Whoever said the pen is mightier than the sword obviously never encountered automatic weapons." -Gen. Douglas MacArthur Friß, Spammer: p1xdJqpr@wIueuDz.7eggert.dyndns.org - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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