[ale] "mkfile" ?

[Chris Fowler]

dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/SwapFile_01 bs=1024k count=256
mkswap -v1 /dev/SwapFile_01
sync
swapon /dev/SwapFile_01


-----Original Message-----
From: Robert L. Harris [mailto:Robert.L.Harris at rdlg.net]
To: ale at ale.org
Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2001 3:13 PM
To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
Subject: [ale] "mkfile" ?





  I'm looking at making a file, 256Meg or the like to turn into swap space
on an existing system.  On my suns I can' just do a:


mkfile 256M SwapFile_01


Can Linux currently use a file on the root partition as swap space?  Is
there an equiv to mkswap?



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