>
>  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.
~~~

Thank you. So would modifying the command to;

dd if=/dev/zero of=/extra-swap bs=2048000 count=1024

... create a 2Gb file? My apologies if this is too basic.

Many thanks,

~James
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