A simple way to add extra memory to your machine .

Create an exchange file:

dd if=/dev/zero of=/swapfile bs=1M count=1024

_The above will create 1GB file (1M _ 1024)*

Improving access rights:

chmod 600 /swapfile

Initialize it as a swap

mkswap /swapfile

Activate /swapfile swap space immediately:

swapon /swapfile

Make sure that it works:

free -m

To activate /swapfile after Linux system reboot, add entry to /etc/fstab file.

vim /etc/fstab

Add permanently to /etc/fstab:

sh -c 'echo "/swapfile swap swap defaults 0 0" >> /etc/fstab'

Yes, just that’s it. From this moment we do not have to combine it with separate partitions, we can at any time enlarge/reduce the created exchange space (dd command).