*- On 28 Dec, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote about "using swap files - where do I activate at boot?" > I inherited a Debian system running potato. The system occassionaly was > running out of memory so I thought I should increase my virtual memory. > Rather than repartitioning the hard drive to add another swap partition, I > thought it would be best to just use a swap file. So, I've created the > file with dd, made it a swap file with mkswap, and activated it with > swapon, and it's working fine. My question is, what is the best way to > activate the swap file at boot time? >
Just add it to your /etc/fstab. /path/to/swapfile none sw It will get added to the swap at boot with the rest of the swap space. I would recommend giving your swap partitions/files different priorities in this case so that the faster partitions are higher priority and the swap files are lower priority. See swapon(2) for more details. /dev/of/swap/partition none sw,pri=1 /path/to/swapfile none sw,pri=0 HTH, Brian Servis -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mechanical Engineering | Never criticize anybody until you Purdue University | have walked a mile in their shoes, [EMAIL PROTECTED] | because by that time you will be a http://www.ecn.purdue.edu/~servis | mile away and have their shoes.
