[SOLVED] Swapfile block size/count?

[royal walrus]

I'm having trouble understanding what block sizes I should be using when making a swapfile with dd

'dd if=/dev/zero of=swapfile bs=1M count=36864 status=progress'

This is what I think I should be using for a 36GB swapfile but I'm not 100% if I should be using bigger block sizes

[round linden]

Man page for DD goes over this but if you want something easier for allocating swap check out fallocate.

sudo fallocate -l 32G /swapfile

[junior silo]

the command looks good except for the output file location. the 1M block size is not as important. 4k might be more accurate for your storage device but 4M or 1M should be plenty fast.

[royal walrus]

Thank you! I didn't know there was an easier way to make a swapfile, I'll use this instead of DD

[strong ravine]

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[junior silo]

... solved

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