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    swap file question

    how do I install a swap file If I installed knoppix on a single hard drive??? I did not make a linux swap drive, and dont have any other partitions, I just have the one that has knoppix is installed on.

    the knoppix swap file config. program doesnt seem to support this? any have an idea??

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    This was moved, as it so obviously belongs in the hdd install forum.

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    Hi,

    you can always use a file as swap area; this works as following:
    - first open a root shell (from the KNOPPIX menu or otherwise)
    - decide where to put the swap file; /var/run/swapfile might be a good place,
    but YMMV
    - decide how much space the swap file should take (eg 128M)
    - create the swap file:
    dd if=/dev/zero of=/var/run/swapfile bs=1024k count=128
    - create the swap signature:
    mkswap /var/run/swapfile
    - add the swap file to /etc/fstab as a line containing:
    /var/run/swapfile none swap defaults 0 0
    - activate the swap file:
    swapon -a

    If no errors occured, you now should have 128M swap. Check with "top"
    or by issueing "cat /proc/swaps"

    Ciao,
    Thomas

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