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creating swap partition #unix #swap
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creating swap

This is how to format swap partition

mkswap /dev/data/swap

shell output:

mkswap: /dev/data/swap: warning: don't erase bootbits sectors
        on whole disk. Use -f to force.
Setting up swapspace version 1, size = 104857596 KiB
no label, UUID=48a645a7-18f1-4e51-996f-fd7687e0380c


swapon /dev/data/swap

or

swapon -U 48a645a7-18f1-4e51-996f-fd7687e0380c

Run this to check

free -m

source

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SwapFaq http://askubuntu.com/questions/33697/how-do-i-add-a-swap-partition-after-system-installation

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