- Create a file for swap
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Create a file named /swapfile for 4GB size (e.g. Create a file called swapfile under root (/))
$ dd if=/dev/zero of=/swapfile bs=1024K count=4096
- Format the swapfile with a mkswap command
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$ mkswap /swapfile
- Add the swapfile to swap
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$ swapon /swapfile
- Confirm if the swapfile is added
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$ swapon -s
Filename Type Size Used Priority
/swapfile file 4194300 0 -1
- Set up /etc/fastab to add swapfile when booting the OS
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$ vi /etc/fstab
#
LABEL=/ / ext4 defaults,noatime 1 1
tmpfs /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0
devpts /dev/pts devpts gid=5,mode=620 0 0
sysfs /sys sysfs defaults 0 0
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
/swapfile /swapfile swap defaults 0 0