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swap on linux



You use what's called a swap file. You use dd to create a file of the
appropriate size, and then turn it on with the swapon command.

On Tue, 26 Mar 2002, Anand A Rao wrote:

> hi  ,
> how do I increase swap space on a  linux system without creating another
> partition .. ?
>  cheers
> Andy





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