Re: [cobalt-users] Swap partition question

[Marco Baurdoux <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

le 24.6.2001 23:44, flash22@xxxxxxx à flash22@xxxxxxx a écrit :

> On Sun, 24 Jun 2001, Marco Baurdoux wrote:
> 
>> You can resize your swap partition up to 2GB.
>> 
>> The following quote comes from the Red Hat Certication Study Book:
>> 
>> "A swap partition can be as large as 2GB, and a Linux system can have as
>> many as eight swap partitions."
>> 
>> Since the Cobalt OS is a derivative of a Red Hat Linux, you can resize your
>> swap to 2 GB
> 
> um, B does not follow A...;)
> Swap space limitations are dependent on the kernel version,

Extremely true :-)

 it has little
> to do with redhat, and the raq3 uses an older than current kernel,

The quote was taken from an older Red Hat book to, ( a young 2 kernel just
like the onces on a RaQ ). I'm far from having the ultimate science and from
time to time I tell absolute non-sense, but I had a close look on this one.

> so you do need to be carefull about assuming something is true on the raq just
>because the raq was redhat based ....
> 
> 
> kg
> 
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