Re: mkswap: warning: truncating swap area to 2097144kB

["Pigeon" <jah.pigeon@ukonline.co.uk>]

----- Original Message -----
>From: Yildiz, Murat <murat.yildiz@atosorigin.com>
>Subject: mkswap: warning: truncating swap area to 2097144kB
>
>
>Hi,
>I get the following warning when I try to add a 4 Gb swap (/dev/sda1
>--->4Gb)
>
>mkswap /dev/sda1
>mkswap: warning: truncating swap area to 2097144kB
>Setting up swapspace version 1, size = 2147471360 bytes
>I have even tried mkswap -f /dev/sda1 4096000 , same result...
>(2.4.18 #1 SMP) debian 3.0
>Having a 2x2Gb swap partition or creating 2 lv 's could be a solution.
>Isn't it possible to create a swap area bigger than 2Gb?
>
>Murat YILDIZ

Swap area is indeed limited to 2Gb. I got this too. But the received
wisdom is that "even 2Gb is far more than you'll ever need".

Pigeon