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* Enable swap in file.
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Create large file and set up a Linux swap area, enable file for paging and swapping:
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  $ dd if=/dev/zero of=/swapfile bs=1024 count=524288
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  $ mkswap -v1 /swapfile
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  $ sudo swapon /swapfile
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  $ sync
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Insure that all fine:
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  $ dmesg | tail
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  $ cat /proc/swaps
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Add line to /etc/fstab:
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/swapfile   swap        swap    defaults    0   0