Create a file for swap usage as shown below.
# dd if=/dev/zero of=/home/swap-fs bs=1M count=512 512+0 records in 512+0 records out # ls -l /home/swap-fs -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 536870912 Jan 2 23:13 /home/swap-fs
Use mkswap to setup a Linux swap area in the /home/swap-fs file that was created above.
# mkswap /home/swap-fs Setting up swapspace version 1, size = 536866 kB
Once the file is created and has been setup for Linux swap area, it is time to enable the swap using swapon as shown below.
# swapon /home/swap-fs
Add the following line to /etc/fstab and reboot the system for the swap to take into effect.
/home/swap-fs swap swap defaults 0 0
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Hi Ramesh,
After adding line to /etc/fstab.
why do we need to reboot the machine?
can we use partprobe instead of reboot?
kindly explain it