Am Donnerstag, 11. Januar 2007 22:57 schrieb James D. Parra:
> Hello,
>
> I'd like to create a 2 GB swap file after adding more memory to my
> system, however how can I create such file by modifying the command
> below;
>
> dd if=/dev/zero of=/extra-swap bs=1024 count=1024
>
> Is 'count' in Mb or Kb?
in blocks. and in your example, the blocksize (bs parameter) is 1 kb,
so the file would be 1024kb = 1 megabyte.
its all in the man page, by the way.
bye,
MH
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