Is Installing a Swapfile ok?

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Create a new Swap File

OK. I’ve written this procedure for you to follow; simple copy/paste instructions. This should create the new swap file needed.

Note: Some of these commands may take a while to complete, so try not to cancel them prematurely.

  1. Remove the existing swap file:
sudo swapoff /swapfile
sudo rm -f /swapfile
  1. Create and initialize a new 16 GiB swap file:
  • The formula to calculate the count= value is 1024 x RAM;
    Example: 1024 x 16 = 16384.
sudo dd if=/dev/zero of=/swapfile bs=1M count=16384 status=progress
  • OR a 20 GiB swap file, instead:
sudo dd if=/dev/zero of=/swapfile bs=1M count=20480 status=progress
  1. Set permissions and format the swap file:
sudo chmod 600 /swapfile
sudo mkswap /swapfile
sudo swapon /swapfile
  1. Add a reference to the swap file in /etc/fstab:
  • First check if the swap file line exists;
  • If it does, then skip to Step 5:
cat /etc/fstab
  • If it’s not there, add it with:
sudo bash -c "echo /swapfile none swap defaults 0 0 >> /etc/fstab"
  1. Reboot

Done.

I hope this helps. Cheers.

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