swap

kalpana.manu · 09-12-2008, 06:46 AM

how we can increase swap memory,
if we need many times to increase or decrease rem.

r3sistance · 09-12-2008, 07:16 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kalpana.manu

how we can increase swap memory,
if we need many times to increase or decrease rem.

You can increase swap memory by creating a large swap partison if you have the space... as for the RAM bit, that makes no sence. Generally I believe swap should be between 1.5 and 3 times the size of RAM. However is their is no need for the extra memory then it could very well be smaller.

indeliblestamp · 09-12-2008, 07:17 AM

If you have a spare swap partition, you can enable it using the swapon command. Example:

Code:

/sbin/swapon -v /dev/sda1

I think you can create a swap file as well, if you don't have a complete partition.

petermariano · 09-12-2008, 07:20 AM

I was searching for something about swap and I got this. I am also wanting to know how one can increase swap memory detail by detail. My other problem with swap is that I had a swap for my fedora installation but when I installed Unbuntu server and wanted to share the swap space, my Fedora installation lost access to the swap space. What do I do?