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Bigger Swap file on Linux Mint.

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Turn off swap file

--- Code: ---sudo swapoff -a
--- End code ---
Reformat swapfile to 2G

--- Code: ---sudo  dd if=/dev/zero of=/swapfile bs=1k count=2048k
--- End code ---
Set permisions of file

--- Code: ---sudo chmod 0600 /swapfile
--- End code ---
Link swap space to file

--- Code: ---sudo mkswap /swapfile
--- End code ---
Turn on swapfile function

--- Code: ---sudo swapon -a
--- End code ---
Make it permanent

--- Code: ---sudo echo "/swapfile       swap    swap    auto      0       0" | tee -a /etc/fstab
--- End code ---

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