From: "Stephen C. Tweedie" <sct@redhat.com>
To: Jason Froebe <jfroebe@sybase.com>
Cc: "linux-mm@kvack.org" <linux-mm@kvack.org>
Subject: Re: Large Swap
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1999 15:11:57 GMT [thread overview]
Message-ID: <199901211511.PAA01303@dax.scot.redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <36A67DC2.DF27FFEE@sybase.com>
Hi,
On Wed, 20 Jan 1999 19:07:14 -0600, Jason Froebe <jfroebe@sybase.com>
said:
> Hi,
> I'm sorry if I'm asking in the wrong mailing list but I'm in a
> rush. A few days ago a message was posted to the linux-mm list
> describing swap space > 128mb files. What exactly do I need for
> this capability?
The mkswap from a recent (2.9g is the current) "util-linux" package is
all you need. The 2.1/2.2 kernel will automatically recognise a large
swap partition once you have built one.
> Also, if this is in the 2.1.x and 2.2.x has it been put in the 2.0.x
> kernels?
No, but it would not be hard to back-port.
--Stephen
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