AW: mkswap: warning: truncating swap area to 2097144kB
Hi,
then the rule (don't even know if it's a rule or thesis) Swap area=Physical
Memory x 2 is dead , or?
Murat
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Von: Pigeon [mailto:jah.pigeon@ukonline.co.uk]
Gesendet: Montag, 19. August 2002 23:34
An: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Betreff: Re: mkswap: warning: truncating swap area to 2097144kB
----- 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
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