RHCSA - Part12 - Swap
Create a partition on /dev/sda:
# fdisk /dev/sda p (print partition table to see a summary of the partitions already present on /dev/sda) n (create new partition) p (primary) enter (default partition number - 6) enter (default 1st block) +65M (size of the new partition) p (print partition table to make sure no mistake has been made) w (write changes made to the partition table)
Use partprobe to update system’s awareness about the new partition:
# partprobe -s
Create Linux SWAP filesystem type on the new partition /dev/sda6:
# mkswap /dev/sda6
Write the swap partition UUID to /etc/fstab to make it persistent across reboots:
# blkid | grep /dev/sda6 >> /etc/fstab # vi /etc/fstab [...] UUID=UUID_of_/dev/sda6 swap swap defaults 0 0 [...]
Mount the new swap:
# swapon -a
Check the swap:
# blkid | grep swap
or
# swapon -s
or
# cat /proc/swaps
or
# free -h