Enable swap in file.
authorOleksandr Gavenko <gavenkoa@gmail.com>
Mon, 20 Jul 2009 20:06:48 +0300
changeset 154 906b793ee3c3
parent 76 1c987d547bf1
child 155 e475cd4f789a
Enable swap in file.
swap.rst
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+-*- 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