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== Create swap ==
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==Create swap==
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 /bin/dd if=/dev/zero of=/var/swap.1 bs=1M count=1024  
sudo chmod 600 /var/swap.1
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sudo chmod 600 /var/swap.1  
sudo /sbin/swapon /var/swap.1
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sudo /sbin/mkswap /var/swap.1  
 
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sudo /sbin/swapon /var/swap.1
If you need more than 1024 then change that to something higher.<br />
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</syntaxhighlight>If you need more than 1024 then change that to something higher.<br />
 
To enable it by default after reboot, add this line to /etc/fstab:<br />
 
To enable it by default after reboot, add this line to /etc/fstab:<br />
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/var/swap.1        none        swap    sw        0  0
  
# swap        /var/swap.1 swap    defaults        0  0
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==Modify swap partition==
/storage/swap/swap.1        none        swap    sw        0  0
 
 
 
== Modify swap partition ==
 
 
  swapoff /dev/sda3
 
  swapoff /dev/sda3
 
  mkswap /dev/sda4
 
  mkswap /dev/sda4

Latest revision as of 08:16, 11 November 2019

Create swap[edit]

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

/var/swap.1        none        swap    sw        0   0

Modify swap partition[edit]

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

edit /etc/fstab