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     3 * Enable swap in file.

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     5 Create large file and set up a Linux swap area, enable file for paging and swapping:

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     7   $ dd if=/dev/zero of=/swapfile bs=1024 count=524288

     8   $ mkswap -v1 /swapfile

     9   $ sudo swapon /swapfile

    10   $ sync

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    12 Insure that all fine:

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    14   $ dmesg | tail

    15  ...

    16   $ cat /proc/swaps

    17  ...

    18 

    19 Add line to /etc/fstab:

    20 /swapfile   swap        swap    defaults    0   0