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Increase Swap File Size on Raspberry Pi OS

Added by Daniel Curtis about 2 years ago. Updated about 2 years ago.

Status:
Closed
Priority:
Normal
Assignee:
Daniel Curtis
Category:
Development
Target version:
Raspbian
Start date:
02/09/2022
Due date:
% Done:

100%

Estimated time:

Description

The default swap size on Raspberry Pi OS is 100MB and my use case requires a little bit more than that. This is a guide to show how to increase the swap file size on Raspberry Pi OS (Debian Bullseye)

Increase Swap

  • Turn the swap off:
    sudo dphys-swapfile swapoff
  • Edit the dphys-swapfile config:
    sudo nano /etc/dphys-swapfile
    • And change the following:
      CONF_SWAPSIZE=1024
  • Update the swap file:
    sudo dphys-swapfile setup
  • Start the swap file:
    sudo dphys-swapfile swapon

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