RE: Partition size

[s-luppescu@example.com]

On 05-Jun-2001 Scott Stone wrote:
> nah you can make it whatever size you want.  The basic rule is, make it
> twice the size of your physical memory.  BUT:
> 
> 1) don't make it smaller than 32mb
> 2) you *can't* make it larger than 128mb - well, you CAN, but Linux will
> only address 128 megs worth.  Or did they fix that?

They must have fixed it because I have 36 GB of swap on my alpha. Or is that
only on 64-bit machines?
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