making a swap file

[bigpup]

All Puppy versions should have this program.

pupswap

To run it.
In terminal:

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pupswap

Make a swap file and place it on the same drive as the Puppy install or some other drive on the computer.
For a USB installed Puppy, best to place the swap on the internal drive.
Size is your choice, but 1/2 the amount of RAM is good size.

Reboot so the swap is seen to be available for use.

You could choose to put the swap file on the internal drive.
But first mount the main large partition it has. (click on the desktop icon for it)
That will let pupswap program see it as a location to put the swap file.
Warning:
If Windows is on the internal drive.
Run Windows defrag program, to defrag the partition, before putting the pup swap file, on it.

At anytime you can check to see if swap is being used.
In a terminal:

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free

That will show RAM usage.

[AQUAR]

3 years later!

Didn't know you could this.
Its a neat little tip I just happen to stumble on whilst perusing the forum.