= Raspberry PI - increase swap size
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== Stop the swap

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sudo dphys-swapfile swapoff
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== Modify the size of the swap

As `root`, edit the file `/etc/dphys-swapfile` and modify
the variable `CONF_SWAPSIZE`:

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CONF_SWAPSIZE=1024
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To modify the swap file, edit the variable `CONF_SWAPFILE`, and run
`dphys-swapfile setup` which will create and initialize the file.

== Start the swap

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sudo dphys-swapfile swapon
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