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Change swapfile size in Ubuntu 18.04
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  1. Turn off all swap processes
sudo swapoff -a
  1. Resize the swap
sudo dd if=/dev/zero of=/swapfile bs=1G count=8
  • if = input file
  • of = output file
  • bs = block size
  • count = multiplier of blocks
  1. Make the file usable as swap
sudo mkswap /swapfile
  1. Activate the swap file
sudo swapon /swapfile
  1. Check the amount of swap available
grep SwapTotal /proc/meminfo
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olzhas commented Sep 9, 2019

https://bogdancornianu.com/change-swap-size-in-ubuntu/

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