Editing Linux 101 hacks (section)

=='''Hack 69. Create a swap file system.'''==


Create a file for swap usage as shown below.


# '''dd if=/dev/zero of=/home/swap-fs bs=1M count=512 '''

512+0 records in 


512+0 records out 


# ls -l /home/swap-fs 

-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 536870912 Jan 2 23:13 /home/swap-fs


Use mkswap to setup a Linux swap area in the /home/swap-fs file that was created above.


<nowiki># </nowiki>'''mkswap /home/swap-fs'''


Setting up swapspace version 1, size <nowiki>= </nowiki>536866 kB


Once the file is created and has been setup for Linux swap area, it is time to enable the swap using swapon as shown below.


<nowiki># </nowiki>'''swapon /home/swap-fs'''


Add the following line to /etc/fstab and reboot the system for the swap to take into effect.


/home/swap-fs swap swap defaults 0 0