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
Related[edit]
See also[edit]
- Swap,
swapon
,swapoff
,mkswap
,swaplabel
,free
,sar -r
,sar -S
,sar -W
,vmstat
,vm.swappiness
,/proc/swaps
,/etc/fstab
, Add a swap disk,systemd.swap
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