Thanks for the help! Mark
On Mon, Jul 27, 2009 at 2:46 PM, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. < b...@iguanasuicide.net> wrote: > 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. >
