How to create SWAP SPACE in Linux system | Linux Today

How to create SWAP SPACE in Linux system

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Sep 24, 2018

Swap file or swap space is a file on Linux file-system that is used to hold programs or pages, in the event that the Physical memory aka RAM of the machine is full. Swap…

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