tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1340824761566000730.post217331136098546601..comments2024-02-02T17:44:31.577+05:30Comments on My Geek Opinions - A Geek's Guide to Technology: How To Create a Virtual Swap Partition in Ubuntu (or GNU/Linux in General)Gayanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06101505389838342544noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1340824761566000730.post-33065792309278340572013-05-22T14:07:57.083+05:302013-05-22T14:07:57.083+05:30@Nour,
No problem :). @Nour,<br /><br />No problem :). Gayanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06101505389838342544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1340824761566000730.post-26046986233727970232013-05-21T14:04:20.891+05:302013-05-21T14:04:20.891+05:30I solved the problem by completing the formatting ...I solved the problem by completing the formatting and adding it to the OS, and then using the line:<br />sudo swapoff /mnt/512Mb.swap && sudo rm /mnt/512Mb.swap<br />This undid the change and removed the swap file from the hard disk.<br />Thank you anyway. Somehow posting this comment before helped to find a solution right away...Nourhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11494745410325177265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1340824761566000730.post-15110166767161378352013-05-21T13:53:15.793+05:302013-05-21T13:53:15.793+05:30Please Help me. I have pasted on terminal the firs...Please Help me. I have pasted on terminal the first line, exactly as you put it but substituting 512 with 2M. It created a swap file of 16.6 GB!!!! The process was even interrupted before I could format it, and now I have a 16.6 GB file (saved in home/nmt) which is not doing anything. How do I undo this?Nourhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11494745410325177265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1340824761566000730.post-88204726081254082592012-12-19T15:20:43.020+05:302012-12-19T15:20:43.020+05:30@Situ,
You are right, I updated the post. Thank y...@Situ,<br /><br />You are right, I updated the post. Thank you. Gayanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06101505389838342544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1340824761566000730.post-18342347134885380722012-12-18T11:33:56.510+05:302012-12-18T11:33:56.510+05:30If your fstab already has a line for the swap part...If your fstab already has a line for the swap partition created during installation (remember, not everybody did it like you by not creating a swap during installation), then shouldn't that line have to be commented out?Situhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18444846436096125193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1340824761566000730.post-23868107589067216822011-11-15T21:39:19.356+05:302011-11-15T21:39:19.356+05:30@Lukasz,
You are welcome!.@Lukasz,<br /><br />You are welcome!.Gayanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06101505389838342544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1340824761566000730.post-72549003127687081402011-11-15T21:11:10.743+05:302011-11-15T21:11:10.743+05:30Thank you for this article! I got many problems wi...Thank you for this article! I got many problems with forgotten swap partition and now it is easy to make it better than usual. THX!Lukasznoreply@blogger.com