Redhat: Swapfile

Steps needed to create a 1K swapfile:


[root@prod_app]~# df -h /local
Filesystem            Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/cciss/c1d0p7      26G   21G  4.1G  84% /local

[root@prod_app]~# dd if=/dev/zero of=/local/swapfile.1k bs=1024 count=1

[root@prod_app]~# mkswap /local/swapfile.1k

[root@prod_app]~# ls -l /local/swapfile.1k

[root@prod_app]~# swapon /local/swapfile.1k