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diff --git a/system-utils.md b/system-utils.md index 24b9b02..3c7adab 100644 --- a/system-utils.md +++ b/system-utils.md @@ -7,3 +7,18 @@ Set file permissions of mounted drive at mount time: mount /dev/foo /mnt/bar -o umask=000 + +## Setting up a swap file + +From https://linuxize.com/post/create-a-linux-swap-file/ + + sudo fallocate -l 1G /swapfile + # or if the above fails: + # sudo dd if=/dev/zero of=/swapfile bs=1024 count=1048576 + sudo chmod 600 /swapfile + sudo mkswap /swapfile + sudo swapon /swapfile + # Add to /etc/fstab + /swapfile swap swap defaults 0 0 + # Check with + free -h |