How To Add Swap Space on Debian 10 Linux

Posted by linuxize on Jul 18, 2019 5:06 AM EDT
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Swap is a space on a disk that is used when the amount of physical memory is full. When a Linux system runs out of RAM, inactive pages are moved from the RAM to the swap space.

wap space can take the form of either a dedicated swap partition or a swap file. Usually, when running a Debian virtual machine a swap partition is not present so the only option is to create a swap file.

This tutorial will guide you through the steps of adding a swap file on Debian 10 Buster.

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