Hi,

I have read in various places that there is a swap space limit of 2GB on
x86 (ia32) machines. Is this still the case? What happens if you define
a swap space larger than 2GB? Will it just not address it? I have set
4GB as the swap for a machine that has 2GB of physical memory (dual
Opteron running Debian Woody 3.0, 2.4.26 kernel, 32-bit), and it shows
all 4GB of swap. I am moving the OS to a new set of disks and have a
chance to re-define swap, so should I go for 2 x 2GB swap partitions
(they're on the same spindle anyway), or should I just use 4GB, or would
2GB suffice? I have not been able to find much on the partitionong
guides on the Net or in books that gives a strong indication or is up to
date.

Cheers for your pointers.

Campbell
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