2GB swap partition limit?

Russell Coker russell at coker.com.au
Thu Mar 16 11:18:11 UTC 2006


On Thursday 16 March 2006 20:51, Olivier Galibert <galibert at pobox.com> wrote:
> > Incidentally such a large swap space will not do you any good in most
> > usage scenarios.
>
> Three words: "suspend to disk".

Good point.  How well does suspend to disk work nowadays?  The reports I've 
heard in the past have suggested that certain types of hardware could cause 
the machine to be in an uncertain state on resume so I've avoided using it to 
keep my data safe.

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