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Enable swap space to virtually expand the RAM
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enable_swap.md

  1. Check current state of swap swapon -s

  2. Turn off the swap swapoff -a

  3. Formate a file or block device as swap mkswap /dev/sdX

  4. Update fstab to mount this swap devie/file on every boot echo "/dev/sdX swap swap default 0 0" >> /etc/fstab

  5. Enable swap for current boot swapon /dev/sdX or swapon -a

  6. Verify current state of swap swapon -s

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