Bug#606396: installation-reports: Squeeze Beta1 on Apple iBook G4 (powerpc)
> Andrzej P, le Wed 08 Dec 2010 21:41:16 +0000, a écrit :
>> I used the default single partition setup suggested by 'partman'.
>> I assume that the suggested partitioning is "correct". I was
>> puzzled however that the suggested scheme includes a 2.5 GB swap
>> space since the Installation Manual states "On 32-bit architectures
>> (i386, m68k, 32-bit SPARC, and PowerPC), the maximum size of a swap
>> partition is 2GB." [C.3. Recommended Partitioning Scheme]. Is this
>> no longer true?
>
> On i386 it's no longer true. I'm not sure for sparc and powerpc, but
> I'd tend to think the same. Porters?
On sparc there is a restriction which applies to older machines.
If the disk was originally formatted on a machine with an old version of
the OBP it will have a disk label which cannot support slices larger than
2Gb. If you try to create any slice (not just swap) larger than 2Gb on
such a disk only the first 2Gb will be readable.
This is normally only a problem if you try to put a large disk into into a
very old 32 bit machine or move a disk between old and newer machines.
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