swap byte size?!

[kalin mintchev]

ok - nobody..

so here is what i think and please correct me if I'm wrong:

bs=1024 - this would be the size of each block in bytes
count=2097152  the number if 1024 byte sized blocks in 2 gigs

1 gig is 1,073,741,824 bytes. divided by 1024 bytes/block i get 1048576
blocks - for 1 gig. so for 2 gigs it'll be 2097152 blocks.

does this logic make sense?

thanks...



> hi all...  this is probably a stupid question but anyway..
>
> i want to add a swap file to my system. following the rule of 2 to 1 the
> file would need to be 2 gigs because the ram is a gig. but using the dd
> command what do i put for bs and count?
> i was looking around on google but couldn't exactly find it..
>
> thanks a lot...
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