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Script to create swap partition on Pi
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#!/bin/bash | |
#Creates swap partition on boards with lesser than 3.5GB Memory/RAM | |
echo "" | |
echo "Checking memory size.........." | |
Totalmem=$(cat /proc/meminfo|grep MemTotal|grep -o '[0-9]*') | |
if (($Totalmem > 3500000)); then | |
echo "" | |
echo "You have got enough memory. No need for a swap partition.........." | |
echo "" | |
else | |
echo "" | |
echo "Creating swap partition.........." | |
echo "" | |
sudo dd if=/dev/zero of=/var/swap2 bs=1024 count=1000000 | |
sudo chmod 600 /var/swap2 | |
sudo mkswap /var/swap2 | |
sudo swapon /var/swap2 | |
sudo swapon | |
fi | |
echo "" |
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