Re: New patch: Swap fix plus patch for >128MB swap partitions

Stephen C. Tweedie (sct@redhat.com)
Sat, 11 Jul 1998 17:52:39 +0100


Hi,

On Thu, 9 Jul 1998 16:16:32 -0400 (EDT), Alex Buell
<alex.buell@tahallah.demon.co.uk> said:

> On Thu, 9 Jul 1998, Stephen C. Tweedie wrote:
>> This patch obsoletes linux-patches ticket PR#218. It implements large
>> swap partitions and fixes the 7-bit limit in the kernel's internal swap
>> map as before. The only difference from the last version is that it now
>> keeps the first 1k of the swap signature page unused, in line with
>> ext2fs, to allow space for boot/partitioning information.

> What are the maximum limits for Swap II?

2GB for now.

> Does it means I can stick in my old 420MB hard disk and use it as a
> 100% swap device? Radical.

Yes. :)

--Stephen

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