>>>>> On Fri, 14 Apr 2000, "Robert" == Robert Fausey wrote:
Robert> Which would give me better performance one large swap
Robert> partition or two or more smaller partitions. The
Robert> system is used for serious number crunching would a
Robert> 3GB partition be big enough or should I use a 4GB
Robert> partition?
I don't _think_ this has changed up thru the 2.2 kernels but you
should verify it from a second source:
Linux is unable to make use of more than 128MB in a single swap
partition. There is a fixed size table involved that has room
for map entries that cover only 128MB (or maybe it's 127MB).
--Hal
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