How to Migrate from Swap Partition to Swap File in Ubuntu [Linux]

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This video will show you how to create a swap files and remove Swap partitions from Ubuntu Linux.

Ubuntu SwapFaq: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SwapFaq

HOW TO ADD A SWAP FILE TO UBUNTU

1. sudo dd if=/dev/zero of=/swapfile bs=1M count=(size in MB)
2. sudo e4defrag /swapfile (Spinning drives only!)
3. sudo chmod 600 /swapfile
4. sudo mkswap /swapfile

MOUNTING THE SWAP FILE

1. sudo cp /etc/fstab /etc/fstab.old
2. sudo nano /etc/fstab
3. add: “/swapfile none swap sw 0 0” to bottom of file.
4. Remove existing line for swap partition.
5. press Ctrl+O to save, then Ctrl+X to exit
6. Rebbot to confirm. (‘sudo mount -a’ will NOT work!)

Use Gparted in live session to remove swap partition and resize / partition.

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