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dphys-swapfile Auto-setup/-activation System

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Project Basics

This project is aimed at using an swap file on our Linux systems. We want to be able to generate an RAM size dependant swap file in /var, instead of using an fixed sized swap partition. And automatically regenerate the swap file if RAM size changes, to fit the new size.

This project has produced an dphys-swapfile script for sizing, setting up and mounting an swap file. And an init.d script that runs this script at boot and shutdown time.

This project was spawned from the dphys2 project (later replaced and made obsolete by the dphys3 project).

Project Status

For the full details of done/doing/todo of the project best read the Logfile. A short excerpt from it is here:

Done are:

Milestone/Release 4 (2004.02.19): Milestone/Release 5 (2004.07.29): Milestone/Release 6 (2006.09.15): Milestone/Release 7 (2006.10.20): Current (= development, = may be broken):

Todo are:

Code Download

Current (= development, = may be broken): Milestone/Release 7 (2006.10.20):
  • Installation Guide
  • entire project: dphys-swapfile-20061020.tar.gz
  • single files:
  • Milestone/Release 6 (2006.09.15):
  • Installation Guide
  • entire project: dphys-swapfile-20060915.tar.gz
  • single files:
  • Milestone/Release 5 (2004.07.29): Milestone/Release 4 (2004.02.19) was done as part of: dphys2. Milestones/Releases 1-3 of dphys2 predate dphys-swapfile.

    External Stuff (Links)

    Various links that may be usefull:
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    This page is by Neil Franklin, last modification 2006.12.22