AwPhuch
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Posted: Aug. 12 2004,15:55 |
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You can also create a SwapFile in case you dont want to partition the harddrive.
http://www.cis.ksu.edu/~aruljohn/linuxGuide/swapSpace.html
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Swap files
Swapping to files is usually slower than swapping to a raw partition, so this is not the recommended permanent swapping technique. Creating a swap file, however, can be a quick fix if you temporarily need more swap space. You can have up to 8 swap files, each with size of up to 16 MB. Here are the steps for making a swap file:
- Create a file with the size of your swap file:
dd if=/dev/zero of=/swapfile bs=1024 count=8192
This physically creates the swap file /swapfile, the block size is 1024 bytes, the file contains 8192 blocks, the total size is about 8 MB. [The dd command copies files. In the example above, the input file (if) was /dev/zero, the output file (of) was /swapfile . You cannot use the cp (copy) command for creating a swap file because the swap file must be physically continuous on the hard drive.]
- Set up the file with the command:
mkswap /swapfile 8192
- Force writing the buffer cache to disk by issuing the command:
sync
- Enable the swap with the command:
swapon /swapfile
When you are done using the swap file, you can turn it off and remove:
swapoff /swapfile
rm /swapfile |
Hope this helps
Brian
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