Swap

swap

1. Create swapfile or partition with dd or fdisk
   • dd if=/dev/zero of=swapfile bs=1M count=1024
   • fdisk /dev/sdX (t 82)
2. mkswap swapfile (or /dev/sdX)
   • cat /proc/swaps (to verify)
3. vim /etc/fstab

   Copy
   /swapfile       swap    swap    defaults      0       0

4. swapon swapfile
   • swapon -s (to verify)

• swapoff swapfile