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  16 <h1>Raspberry PI - increase swap size</h1>
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  20 <h2 id="_stop_the_swap">Stop the swap</h2>
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  24 <pre>sudo dphys-swapfile swapoff</pre>
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  30 <h2 id="_modify_the_size_of_the_swap">Modify the size of the swap</h2>
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  33 <p>As <code>root</code>, edit the file <code>/etc/dphys-swapfile</code> and modify
  34 the variable <code>CONF_SWAPSIZE</code>:</p>
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  38 <pre>CONF_SWAPSIZE=1024</pre>
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  42 <p>To modify the swap file, edit the variable <code>CONF_SWAPFILE</code>, and run
  43 <code>dphys-swapfile setup</code> which will create and initialize the file.</p>
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  48 <h2 id="_start_the_swap">Start the swap</h2>
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  52 <pre>sudo dphys-swapfile swapon</pre>
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