diff -r 8aa1d5c18313 -r 775d7e91dc65 swap.rst --- /dev/null Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000 +++ b/swap.rst Mon Jul 27 14:37:13 2009 +0300 @@ -0,0 +1,20 @@ +-*- 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