Old news.  The 2.2.x kernels support >128MB swap.  However, the install
for some reason still does not set it up properly.  Turn off swap
(swapoff) reformat the swap partition by hand (mkswap) and turn it back
on (swapon).  That should have you fixed.

On Thu, Nov 04, 1999 at 10:18:06PM -0800, Todd A. Jacobs wrote:
> On Wed, 3 Nov 1999, Rick Knebel wrote:
> 
> > When I installed I made a swap partition of 250 Megs, but it seems that
> > linux is only showing 130 Megs.
> 
> The max size of a Linux swap partition is 128 MB (really about 125 on most
> hard drives). If you need more, create more than one swap
> partition. You're going to have to delete the 250 MB partition, and
> repartition it properly.
> 

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