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Hello all.
I just discovered the "Swap-utils" package and installed it under my current WR 0.9 setup.
These utility allow to "set more RAM by using external (USB/MMC...) storage"
But i just can figure out how to use these and found no docs about these ...
Could someone be kind enough to explain how to use these great utils ... ?
Tnx for any hint ...
Noel
Hi
In my case I have plugged USB stick, used fdisk to create partition (for swap You have to change the id: 82 is regular Linux and 83 is swap). Then I had to use package called e2fsprogs to format the stick (I used mke2fs as a file system). Command "mkswap partition" will make an partition avaliable for swap. After that You can simply write in console "swapon partition" and enjoy extended RAM on Your router.
Success.
Greetings,
Bart
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OpenWRT RC6 (torrent,storage,swap,Ftp etc.)
You don't need a swap file, which is why support for it wasn't included.
if you plan to run more memory hungry software on the router, the onboard RAM will not be enough ==> you need the swap file
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