Linux Swap

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Ubuntu

  1. sudo mkdir /usr/swap
  2. sudo dd if=/dev/zero of=/usr/swap/swapfile bs={size} count=1000000 size: MB
  3. sudo mkswap /usr/swap/swapfile
  4. sudo swapon /usr/swap/swapfile
  5. turn on forever echo '/root/swap/swapfile swap swap defaults 0 0' >> /etc/fstab
  6. turn off sudo swapoff /usr/swap/swapfile