[root@host ~]# dd if=/dev/zero of=/swapfile bs=1024 count=1048576
1048576+0 records in
1048576+0 records out
[root@host ~]# sync
[root@host ~]# mkswap /swapfile
Setting up swapspace version 1, size = 1073737 kB
[root@host ~]# swapon /swapfile
[root@host ~]# echo “/swapfile swap swap defaults 0 0″ >> /etc/fstab

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