# HG changeset patch
# User Oleksandr Gavenko <gavenkoa@gmail.com>
# Date 1248109608 -10800
# Node ID 906b793ee3c3cc0d8e348a6e06496dbffe795391
# Parent  1c987d547bf11b007e1bbfa3152a1308bd552be3
Enable swap in file.

diff -r 1c987d547bf1 -r 906b793ee3c3 swap.rst
--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/swap.rst	Mon Jul 20 20:06:48 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