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Create memory swap (virtual memory) on ubuntu
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add_swap.sh
sudo swapon -s
free -m
df -h
# 2G, 4G, etc
sudo fallocate -l 2G /swapfile
ls -lh /swapfile
sudo chmod 600 /swapfile
ls -lh /swapfile
sudo mkswap /swapfile
sudo swapon /swapfile
sudo swapon -s
free -m
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rchrd2 commented Dec 30, 2014

To make the swap permanent, run:

sudo echo "/swapfile   none    swap    sw    0   0" >> /etc/fstab

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rchrd2 commented Dec 30, 2014

Copied from: https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-add-swap-on-ubuntu-14-04

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