Author: Unknown
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Date Submitted: April 16, 1998
Edited By: Ray Curtis <ray@clark.net>
Status: New Entry

Releases: All
Platform: All
Category: Common Problems with Linux\Unix Commands
Category Listing: Memory and Swap space, How-to

ISSUE:

How do I find the avialable amount of memory and create a swap partition ?

RESPONSE:

cat /proc/meminfo

dd if=/dev/zero of=/var/swap bs=1024 count=32768 mkswap /var/swap 32768
sync
swapon /var/swap

      (this is not the best solution because the "dd" command
       takes a long time)

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