Difference between revisions of "Creating Swap File"
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# mkswap /var/swap2 | # mkswap /var/swap2 | ||
# swapon /var/swap2 | # swapon /var/swap2 | ||
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| + | To have the swap file recreated after a reboot, add the following to /etc/fstab | ||
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| + | /var/swap2 none swap sw 0 0 | ||
</pre> | </pre> | ||
Revision as of 19:56, 18 July 2009
To add a swap file to your vps run the following as root
To add a 500mb swap file change count=500 to another number for a smaller or bigger swap file
# dd if=/dev/zero of=/var/swap2 bs=1024k count='''500''' # chown root:root /var/swap2 # chmod 700 /var/swap2 # mkswap /var/swap2 # swapon /var/swap2
To have the swap file recreated after a reboot, add the following to /etc/fstab
/var/swap2 none swap sw 0 0
