Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S263921AbTFGWPE (ORCPT ); Sat, 7 Jun 2003 18:15:04 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S263922AbTFGWPE (ORCPT ); Sat, 7 Jun 2003 18:15:04 -0400 Received: from nat-pool-bos.redhat.com ([66.187.230.200]:30458 "EHLO chimarrao.boston.redhat.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S263921AbTFGWPC (ORCPT ); Sat, 7 Jun 2003 18:15:02 -0400 Date: Sat, 7 Jun 2003 18:28:46 -0400 (EDT) From: Rik van Riel X-X-Sender: riel@chimarrao.boston.redhat.com To: Colin Paul Adams cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Maximum swap space? In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 686 Lines: 17 On 7 Jun 2003, Colin Paul Adams wrote: > I am somewhat confused about how much swap space you can have with a > 2.4 series kernel. If I read the mkswap man page, I get the impression > that I could have up to 8x2GB of swap space for a total of 16 GB, but > reading the RedHat reference guide, it says 2GB maximum. That piece of documentation is out of date. I'm using a 20 GB swap partition on one of my test systems, with a 2.4 kernel. - 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/