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how do i add swap partition

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how do i add swap partition?

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

Can you give the output of:

sudo fdisk -l; mount; lsb_release -a

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A default install makes a swap partition.

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Andriopoulos Nikolaos (sirnicolas21) said : 		#2

try in a terminal
sudo apt-get install gparted
sudo gparted

select the partition u like and set it as a swap...
its a bit more difficult if u must resize the active partition and u might have to run the gparted from a live cd in that case.

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Warren Hill (warren-hill) said : 		#3

You can use GParted the Gnome partition editor for that

See: http://www.howtoforge.com/partitioning_with_gparted

GParted is not installed by default but can be downloaded using the Ubuntu software Center.

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#4

gksudo gparted

DON'T use sudo for GUI apps, it isn't suitable. The equivelant in kde is kdesdufo

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