Create/Edit Swap Partition

Tested Platform

Set-up Steps

1. Check the free space

   free -m

2. Create a partition

   dd if=/dev/zero of=$SWAPFILE_DIRECTORY bs=$COUNT count=$SPACE

$COUNT could be 1K \ 1M \ 1G etc.

$SPACE depends on your need, e.g. 1024

3. Formation

   mkswap $SWAPFILE_DIRECTORY
   chmod -R 600 $SWAPFILE_DIRECTORY

4. Turn it on

   swapon $SWAPFILE_DIRECTORY

5. Enable it permanently

   1. Open /etc/fstab in the editor.

      vim /etc/fstab

   2. Add the line to it

      $SWAPFILE_DIRECTORY swap swap defaults 0 0