In <631fe46c0907271429n387f32bp42606b1755eae...@mail.gmail.com>, Mark wrote: >I like this idea of using a swap file instead of partition (for both my >Debian and Ubuntu machines). Is the following code correct for creating > the swap file (assuming 1 GB swap file size)? > ># dd if=/dev/zero of=/swapfile bs=1024 count=65536
1024 x 65536 = 1Ki x 64Ki = 64Mi. So, that would make a 64M swap file. I'd use: dd if=/dev/zero of=/swapfile bs=$((1 << 12)) count=$((1 << 18)) (1 << 12) x (1 << 18) = (1 << 30) = 1GiB. [1] >And would the correct use of mkswap be: > ># mkswap /swapfile You can specify a label if you like. Otherwise, good. >Then add this to /etc/fstab: > ># /swapfile swap swap defaults > 0 0 Looks good. -- Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. ,= ,-_-. =. b...@iguanasuicide.net ((_/)o o(\_)) ICQ: 514984 YM/AIM: DaTwinkDaddy `-'(. .)`-' http://iguanasuicide.net/ \_/ [1] (x << y) means x*(2^y). So, (1 << 10) = 1Ki; (1 << 20) = 1Mi; (1 << 30) = 1Gi.
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