How To Add Swap Space on Ubuntu 16.04
Check the System for Swap Information Before we begin, we can check if the system already has some swap space available. It is possible to have multiple swap files or swap partitions, but generally one should be enough. We can see if the system has any configured swap by typing: sudo swapon --show If you don't get back any output, this means your system does not have swap space available currently. You can verify that there is no active swap using the free utility: free -h Output total used free shared buff/cache available Mem: 488M 36M 104M 652K 348M 426M Swap: 0B 0B 0B As you can see in the "Swap" row of the output, no swap is active on the system. Check Available Space on the Hard Drive Partition The most common way of allocating space for swap is to use a separate partition devoted to the task. However, altering the partitioning scheme is no
