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eschwartz · 08-11-2015, 11:57 AM

What is wrong with a simple:

Code:

dd if=/dev/zero of=/mnt/us/swapfile bs=1M count=128
mkswap /mnt/us/swapfile
swapon /mnt/us/swapfile

The only issue I can see in an update script is making sure not to overwrite anything important... so choose a unique name.

08-11-2015, 11:57 AM	#6
eschwartz Ex-Helpdesk Junkie Posts: 19,421 Karma: 85400180 Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: The Beaten Path, USA, Roundworld, This Side of Infinity Device: Kindle Touch fw5.3.7 (Wifi only)	What is wrong with a simple: Code: dd if=/dev/zero of=/mnt/us/swapfile bs=1M count=128 mkswap /mnt/us/swapfile swapon /mnt/us/swapfile The only issue I can see in an update script is making sure not to overwrite anything important... so choose a unique name. Last edited by eschwartz; 08-11-2015 at 12:03 PM.