Major In theory FAT32 should allow filesizes up to 4GB. I don't know ReactOS's pagefile allocating strategies, but as I got a virtual machine I can assign more than 4GB memory to:
- ReactOS seems to create a swapfile which is exactly as large as the installed recognized memory.
- Unknown if ReactOS system dialogs allow to actually change this amount in a working way.
- ReactOS should never create a paging file larger than 4GB as that's file size limit.
- ReactOS seems to have trouble creating and/or accessing paging files over 2GB filesize. If I increase the working memory I assign to a virtual machine from 2048MB (no complaint whatsoever) to 2052MB or more, I get a message claiming:
(./base/system/smss/print.c:33) "Creation of paging file ??\C:\pagefile.sys with size 2100788 KB failed (status 0xc00000f1)" - ReactOS does not seem to be happy with already existing paging file, it wants to adjust the size to actual amount of RAM.
- Unsure if ReactOS can use/access/modify Windows XP pagefile.sys if located on the same FAT32 disk.
- Unsure if swapfile creating also depends on /MAXMEM value, or if it ignores it completely.
Recommended : check if ReactOS can handle storing/accessing/modifying/creating files between 2GB and 4GB on FAT32.
Recommended : hardcode max swapfile size to at least below 4GB, but preferably also below 2GB. Alternatively, respect /MAXMEM setting
Recommended : don't adjust paging file's size if the paging file exists. ReactOS installation should set it to correct value, and user later on through normal interface.