mkswap: use dd(1) in example rather than fallocate(1)
The man page warns against fallocate on some filesystems and recommends dd(1) as the most portable solution. So, let's use dd(1) also in the example used in the same man page. Addresses: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1203378 Signed-off-by: Karel Zak <kzak@redhat.com>
This commit is contained in:
parent
6245c26ad4
commit
4d09682b3c
|
@ -124,10 +124,12 @@ e.g.\& using a command like
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
.nf
|
.nf
|
||||||
.RS
|
.RS
|
||||||
# fallocate \-\-length 8GiB swapfile
|
# dd if=/dev/zero of=swapfile bs=1MiB count=$((8*1024))
|
||||||
.RE
|
.RE
|
||||||
.fi
|
.fi
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
to create 8GiB swapfile.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
Note that a swap file must not contain any holes. Using
|
Note that a swap file must not contain any holes. Using
|
||||||
.BR cp (1)
|
.BR cp (1)
|
||||||
to create the file is not acceptable. Neither is use of
|
to create the file is not acceptable. Neither is use of
|
||||||
|
|
Loading…
Reference in New Issue