Fdisk:Create swap

Create A Swap Parition using Fdisk

Command action
   a   toggle a bootable flag
   b   edit bsd disklabel
   c   toggle the dos compatibility flag
   d   delete a partition
   l   list known partition types
   m   print this menu
   n   add a new partition
   o   create a new empty DOS partition table
   p   print the partition table
   q   quit without saving changes
   s   create a new empty Sun disklabel
   t   change a partition's system id
   u   change display/entry units
   v   verify the partition table
   w   write table to disk and exit
   x   extra functionality (experts only)

<syntaxhighlight> fdisk /dev/sda #start fdisk on sda n #new partition p / e # primary / extended 1 # partition number 2048 # first sector 2548 # last sector t #change file system type 82 #Linux swap type p #print partition table w # write cha