Failed to set up more than 29 swap areas on RHEL 6

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6 x86_64 cannot set up more than 29 swap areas, though RHEL 5 can set up 30. The man pages suggest that 30 should still be the limit.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • x86_64

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