Making a Swap File

1su root
2cd /var/cache/
3dd if=/dev/zero of=swapfile bs=1K count=4M

This creates a swapfile of (1k x 4M) 4 Gigs. Change 4M to XM for an XGig swap.

1chmod 600 swapfile

1mkswap swapfile

1swapon swapfile

Test it's working with top

1top -bn1 | grep -i swap

or:

1echo "/var/cache/swapfile none swap sw 0 0" | tee -a /etc/fstab

Test it'll work at boot with:

1swapoff swapfile

1swapon -va

Partition Swaps

Put this in /etc/fstab:

UUID=blah-blah none swap sw 0 0

Then test it works with:

1swapon -va

Test other partitions in fstab with:

1mount -a