On Sat, 2009-02-21 at 14:56 +0100, chedi toueiti wrote: > Hi, > > You can try this: > 1- Create a swap file (use this if you can't change your partition > layout) via the command: > dd if=/dev/zero of=/tmp/swap_file bs=1024M count=1 > 2- format the swap file with : > mkswap /tmp/swap > 3- add the new swap file swap system > /sbin/swapon /tmp/swap_file > 4- make the swap load on boot loading > echo /sbin/swapon /tmp/swap_file >> /etc/rc.local Two things: (1) The swap file probably shouldn't be in /tmp (files there are deleted when unused for a time -- which shouldn't happen in this case, but nonetheless the intention is for this to be long-term swap file). The root directory or /var are common locations for a swap file. (2) In place of step 4, which adds to the rc.local startup script, it's preferred to list the swap in the /etc/fstab (where the existing swap is already listed): echo "/wherever/swapfile swap swap defaults 0 0" >>/etc/fstab -Chris -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
