Messages in this thread | | | From | (H. Peter Anvin) | Subject | Re: New patch: Swap fix plus patch for >128MB swap partitions | Date | 9 Jul 1998 23:22:35 GMT |
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Followup to: <Pine.LNX.3.96.980709161315.30242C-100000@lo-pc3035a> By author: Alex Buell <alex.buell@tahallah.demon.co.uk> In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel > > 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? (I suggest we refer to the old > 128MB swap partition as Swap I, and the new one as Swap II to differ > between the two) Does it means I can stick in my old 420MB hard disk and > use it as a 100% swap device? Radical. >
Actually, the current would be Swap III and the new one Swap IV...
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