swap.rst
author Oleksandr Gavenko <gavenkoa@gmail.com>
Fri, 26 Feb 2010 23:54:32 +0200
changeset 313 7cc6dcfa284e
parent 154 906b793ee3c3
child 735 5c437e2d5fe1
permissions -rw-r--r--
Useful customization.

-*- outline -*-

* Enable swap in file.

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

  $ dd if=/dev/zero of=/swapfile bs=1024 count=524288
  $ mkswap -v1 /swapfile
  $ sudo swapon /swapfile
  $ sync

Insure that all fine:

  $ dmesg | tail
 ...
  $ cat /proc/swaps
 ...

Add line to /etc/fstab:
/swapfile   swap        swap    defaults    0   0