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(Created page with "== Modify swap partition == swapoff /dev/sda3 mkswap /dev/sda4 swapon /dev/sda4 edit /etc/fstab")
 
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== Create swap ==
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sudo /bin/dd if=/dev/zero of=/var/swap.1 bs=1M count=1024
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sudo /sbin/mkswap /var/swap.1
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sudo chmod 600 /var/swap.1
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sudo /sbin/swapon /var/swap.1
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If you need more than 1024 then change that to something higher.<br />
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To enable it by default after reboot, add this line to /etc/fstab:<br />
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swap        /var/swap.1 swap    defaults        0  0
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== Modify swap partition ==
 
== Modify swap partition ==
 
  swapoff /dev/sda3
 
  swapoff /dev/sda3

Revision as of 08:11, 24 May 2017

Create swap

sudo /bin/dd if=/dev/zero of=/var/swap.1 bs=1M count=1024
sudo /sbin/mkswap /var/swap.1
sudo chmod 600 /var/swap.1
sudo /sbin/swapon /var/swap.1

If you need more than 1024 then change that to something higher.
To enable it by default after reboot, add this line to /etc/fstab:

swap        /var/swap.1 swap    defaults        0   0


Modify swap partition

swapoff /dev/sda3
mkswap /dev/sda4
swapon /dev/sda4

edit /etc/fstab

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