Re: [TCLUG:6042] swap > 128M

[Rob Bajorek <Rob.Bajorek@eliancecorp.com>]

It does support more than 128MB.  Use 'mkswap -v1 <device>'.

You will need mkswap from the util-linux package, version 2.9 or later. 
Redhat 6.0 has 2.9, but 5.2 only has 2.8.

Rob Bajorek
UNIX Admin
Eliance Corporation
rob.bajorek@eliancecorp.com

Christopher Reid Palmer wrote:
> 
> On Sun, 16 May 1999, Nate Carlson wrote:
> 
> > Hmmm, that's odd. I know 2.1.x supported it out of the box... I had a
> > 512mb swap file running fine once. Could be they decided to drop the
> > feature..
> 
> Is there any chance you only *thought* it was seeing all 512MB, when in
> reality it was just using the first 128MB? I've never heard of any
> version
> of Linux understanding swap partitions greater than 128MB in size.
> 
> -- Chris
> 
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