swap: which is the maximum size allowed?

[Ben Collins]

On Sun, 2007-01-28 at 18:11 -0200, Eriberto wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am trying understand the swap. I would like to know which is the
> maximum swap size on i386. Is 64 MB? If yes, how to know the origin of
> this "magic" number? I don't found it (Internet).

There is no limit. Generally, you want around 2 to 2.5 times your ram
size in swap (e.g. 2 to 2.5Gigs of swap for 1Gig of ram).