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
>
>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
>
Think it's just been overtaken by events. After all 1Gb of physical
memory was pretty well unheard of not so long ago.
This 2Gb limit _may_ have been removed more recently, but I'd have
expected someone more knowledgeable to have said so by now if this was
the case.
Linux is said to be less of a VM-thrasher than Windoze. Certainly you
don't seem to get things like needing 400Mb of allocated memory to view
a 40kb web page. And if you did, someone would fix it, unlike Netscape
who ignore every email I send them...
Pigeon
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