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Created August 5, 2016 06:14
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create swap file
sudo dd if=/dev/zero of=/swapfile1 bs=1024 count=8388608
sudo chown root:root /swapfile1
sudo chmod 0600 /swapfile1
sudo mkswap /swapfile1
sudo swapon /swapfile1
free -m
sudo swapon -s
sudo -s
echo '/swapfile1 none swap sw 0 0' >> /etc/fstab
echo 'vm.swappiness=30' >> /etc/sysctl.conf
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