Re: Max swap on Linux
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).
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