Adding Swap Space to a Linux box
First make the swapfile (This example adds 256mb):
# dd if=/dev/zero of=/mnt/swapfile1 bs=1024 count=256k
# mkswap -c /mnt/swapfile1
Now attach the file to existing swap space:
# swapon /mnt/swapfile1
Bam! you’re done =)
.: Adam