Thread: How does Maemo allocate swap space?
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Originally Posted by urilabob View Post
Sorry, this is probably in the faqs somewhere, but I can't find it. Just installed a 2GB internal card, so I was disappointed when the OS limited me to 128MB swap space. No problem, I thought, I'll just reformat the card with a larger swap partition on my mac. But when I hooked the card up through a USB reader, it shows only a single partition, not the separate /swap and data partitions I expected. Anyone know how the swap space is handled? Is there any way to allocate larger swap space (128MB = 27 bits of address doesn't sound like an addressing limitation)? (another reason I'd like to know is that I'd like to periodically move the swap location on the drive, so that it burns out evenly).
Thanks for any help
The swap utility in Control Panel allocates swap to a swap file, not a partition.

There is a way to create and use a swap partition on the card; I'd suggest using the search function, as it has been discussed many times over on the forum.

I'm wondering if a swap file isn't the smarter way to go, as it is controlled by the card's management software. I doubt a swap partition is, at least to the same degree.