Large Swap

Large Swap

[Jason Froebe]

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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?  Also, if this is in the 2.1.x and 2.2.x has it
been put in the 2.0.x kernels?

Thanks a bunch.

jason

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Re: Large Swap

[Stephen C. Tweedie]

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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