mkswap

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mkswap set up a Linux swap area and it is included on util-linux package.


mkswap /dev/nvme5n1
mkswap -f /dev/nvme5n1



Setting up swapspace version 1, size = 30 GiB (32212250624 bytes)
no label, UUID=2c828d0e-4820-49a6-a9a9-af0facc12345


mkswap /path/to/yourfile
mkswap: /path/to/yourfile: insecure permissions 0644, fix with: chmod 0600 path/to/yourfile
Setting up swapspace version 1, size = 1024 MiB (1073737728 bytes)
no label, UUID=8afa8a12-bcea-4ce1-8848-dc19086d49a3

Errors[edit]

mkswap: error: swap area needs to be at least 40 KiB
Solution: fallocate -l


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