1-Determine the size of the new swap file and multiple by 1024 to determine the block size. For example, the block size of a 1024 MB (1G) swap file is 1048576.
At a shell prompt as root, type the following command with count being equal to the desired block size:
dd if=/dev/zero of=/swapfile bs=1024 count=1048576
2-Setup the swap file with the command:
mkswap /swapfile
3-To enable the swap file immediately but not automatically at boot time:
swapon /swapfile
4-To enable it at boot time, edit /etc/fstab to include:
/swapfile swap swap defaults 0 0
The next time the system boots(or type mount -a ), it will enable the new swap file.
5-After adding the new swap file and enabling it, make sure it is enabled by viewing the output of the command cat /proc/swaps or free.
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