Additional Swap on CentOS

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Additional Swap on CentOS - Adds Additional Swapspace to CentOS Install

To add a swap file:

1. Determine the size of the new swap file in megabytes and multiply by 1024 to determine the number of blocks. For example, the block size of a 64 MB swap file is 65536.
   
   
2. At a shell prompt as root, type the following command with count being equal to the desired block size:
   
   

   dd if=/dev/zero of=/swapfile bs=1024 count=65536

3. Setup the swap file with the command:
   
   

   mkswap /swapfile

4. To enable the swap file immediately but not...

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