If the system on which you are installing the software does not have the required minimum 1 GB of swap space, add swap space by doing the following.
Become a superuser (root) by typing:
% su Password: root-password |
Create a file in a selected directory to add swap space by typing:
mkfile number[m|k|b] /directory/swap-file-name |
where number is an amount of swap space, followed by either m for megabyte, k for kilobyte, or b for block. The directory is a directory in which you have permission to add swap space. The swap-file-nameis the name of the swap file you are creating.
For example, to create a 16-megabyte swap file named 16mswapin the foodirectory, type the following:
mkfile 16m /foo/16mswap |
See the mkfile(1M) man page for more information.
Verify that the file was created by typing:
ls -l /directory/swap-file-name |
The new file appears in the directory. For example:
ls -l /foo/16mswap -rw------T 1 root other 16777216 Dec 12 14:24 /foo/16mswap |
Run the swap command to specify the additional swap space by typing:
swap -a /directory/swap-file-name |
Verify that the extra swap space was added by typing:
swap -s |
The output shows the allocated swap space. For example:
swap -s total: 289336k bytes allocated + 27008k reserved = 316344k used, 298336k available |
Become a superuser (root) by typing:
% su Password: root-password |
Create a file in a selected directory to add swap space by typing:
dd if=/dev/zero of=/dir/myswapfile bs=1024 count=number_blocks_needed |
where dir is a directory in which you have permission to add swap space. The myswapfile is the name of the swap file you are creating. The number_blocks_needed is an amount of 1024-byte blocks you want to create. See the dd(1) man page for more information.
Verify that the file was created by typing:
ls -l /dir/myswapfile |
The new file appears in the directory.
Initialize the new swap area by typing:
mkswap /dir/myswapfile |
See the mkswap(8) man page for more detailed information.
Run the swapon command to enable the new swap space for paging and swapping by typing the following:
swapon -a /dir/myswapfile |
Verify that the extra swap space was added by typing:
swapon -s |
The output shows the allocated swap space.