On 1 Mar 1998, Ben Pfaff wrote: > I am going to install Debian on a system that may require alot of swap > space. According to the Debian installation notes, Linux only uses up to > 128MB of swap space. I've been also told that Linux can handle more. > Which is correct? > > There is a 128MB limit for each swap area. You can have as many swap > areas as you want; for instance, I have three 128MB areas, one on each > of my three hard drives:
Actually, you can't. There is a maximum of 8 swap partitions defined in the kernel. I suppose once could change this (see swap.h in the kernel source) to a higher amount (we use 16). -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
