On Thu, 14 Dec 2006 7:26:26 -0500 Tom Horsley <tomhorsley@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Are there nice simple foolproof instructions somewhere that would let me add > more swap space to my system by using an ordinary file as swap (I don't want to > repartition the disk). Seems like the device mapper voodoo might work for > this, but my brain is too tiny to figure out how on my own :-). dd if=/dev/zero of=/swapfile bs=1M count=whatever [Make a file that size, you don't have to make it with dd, thats just the quick but arcane command old Unix heads tend to use for it] mkswap /swapfile [Mark it as a swap file and set it up] Then add /swapfile (or whever you put it) to /etc/fstab swapon -a
