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From: bhogan@crl.com (Bill Hogan)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd,comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: Swap partition size?
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Date: 26 Mar 1994 07:11:30 -0800
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References: <1994Mar8.141900.2906@wubios.wustl.edu> <1994Mar24.161735.2609@physchem.ox.ac.uk> <michaelv.764539942@ponderous.cc.iastate.edu> <2mstt7$p1a@solaris.cc.vt.edu> <1994Mar24.162511.18072@jarvis.csri.toronto.edu>
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Arthur Tateishi (ruhtra@turing.toronto.edu) wrote:
: In article <2mstt7$p1a@solaris.cc.vt.edu>,
: Allen Briggs <briggs@cray-ymp.acm.stuorg.vt.edu> wrote:
: >In article <michaelv.764539942@ponderous.cc.iastate.edu>,
: >Michael L. VanLoon <michaelv@iastate.edu> wrote:
: >>In <1994Mar24.161735.2609@physchem.ox.ac.uk>,
: >>mark@physchem.ox.ac.uk (Mark Jackson) writes:
: >>>I just created a 32MB swap partition, I did mkswap and it reported 32MB,
: >>
: >>Are you sure you didn't just create a 32768 *block* partition?
: >>Blocksize is (generally) 512 bytes, or 1/2 a kilobyte. 32768 blocks
: >>would equal 16384 megabytes.
: > ^ k or meg ? ;-)
: >>>but when I did swapon, it only reported 16380k. Is this talking about WORDS
: >>>or BYTES? ^k or meg?
: >>
: >>A 16k or 32k swap partition would be worthless. ;-)
: First, realize that comp.os.linux is a defunct group. All posting should be
: done to the comp.os.linux.* hierarchy.
: Second, unless you're using a really OLD version of Linux (pre .84?)
: you will *not* be able to get more than 16MB per swap file *or partition*.
: You can have 128 of them and add/remove them on the fly. mkswap
: probably doesn't complain about >16MB swap signatures. [my emphasis -wdh]
: arthur
: --
I have two 60MB swap partitions (0.99.14).
Oops! Have to rush! I was just passing by on my way to
alt.pets.parakeets; I have to post a reply to a woman who is having all
kinds of Linux problems but who absolutely refuses to post her questions
anywhere else!
Something about her birds will know(?).
BH
--
Bill Hogan
{bhogan@crl.com}