Re: [LINUX:125] Swap

Murat Arslan (arslanm@cyberdude.com)
Wed, 4 Feb 1998 18:37:54 +0000 (GMT)


On Wed, 4 Feb 1998, A. Gurcan Ozturk wrote:

> Selamlar,
> Eskiden slackwareim 8 ramle idare ediyordu.Simdi ram miktarini gunun
> sartlarina gore 24 MB yaptim ancak swap alani hala 20 MB.Sorum su
> 24 MB ram icin 50 MB swap vermeyi dusunuyorum.ancak nasil yapabilirim?
> Yani swap alanini nerden vermem gerekiyor.

man mkswap:

MKSWAP(8) Linux Programmer's Manual MKSWAP(8)

NAME
mkswap - set up a Linux swap area

SYNOPSIS
mkswap [ -c ] device [size-in-blocks]
.....
To setup a swap file, it is necessary to create that file
before running mkswap . A sequence of commands similar to
the following is reasonable for this purpose:

# dd if=/dev/zero of=swapfile bs=1024 count=8192
# mkswap swapfile 8192
# sync
# swapon swapfile