7.2.2. Creating an LVM2 Logical Volume for Swap
To add a swap volume group (assuming
/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol02 is the swap volume you want to add):
- Create the LVM2 logical volume of size 256 MB:
lvm lvcreate VolGroup00 -n LogVol02 -L 256M - Format the new swap space:
mkswap /dev/VolGroup00/LogVol02 - Add the following entry to the
/etc/fstabfile:/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol02 swap swap defaults 0 0
- Enable the extended logical volume:
swapon -va - Test that the logical volume has been extended properly:
cat /proc/swapsfree
