128MB swap partitions

Edgar Allen era at sky.net
Mon Oct 23 06:52:36 CDT 2000


>From /usr/src/linux/Documentation/Changes of my RedHat 6.2, kernel
2.2.14-5.0:

Util-linux (including mount)
============================

   Among other changes made in the development of Linux kernel 2.2, the
   128 meg limit on IA32 swap partition sizes has been eliminated.  To use
   larger swap spaces, you need the new mkswap found in util-linux.  You
   also need to upgrade util-linux to get the latest version of mount.

So the 128MB limit no longer applies even on IA32 hardware.




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