[14.04 64Bit] - Default Installation - No Swap Partition?

[Jesse Palser]

Hi,

Thank you for the suggestions on how to make a swap file.
I made a 2GB swap file on the system hard drive
and it made a big impact on VMware Player Win 8.1 Pro 64Bit guest 
performance.

Thanks again!

P.S. Why does Kubuntu 14.04 LTS 64Bit installer not make swap partition 
by default?

Jesse



On 07/05/2014 12:25 PM, theuteck at gmail.com wrote:
> Hello Jesse,
> You have 2 choices, use a partition tool to make some space and create a new
> swap partition, or use a swap file.  The swap file will reside on the same
> partition as / and will not work for hibernation for a laptop I think, but it
> is not as risky as repartitioning, and if you only need it for VMWare, you can
> always reclaim space latter.
>
> http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/linux-add-a-swap-file-howto/
>
> On Saturday, July 05, 2014 09:38:57 AM Jesse Palser wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I installed Kubuntu 14.04 64Bit onto my thin client with 4GB DDR3 RAM.
>> I noticed that after a default installation that there was no swap
>> partition made?
>> Now VMware Player complains every time I run my Win 8.1 Pro 64Bit
>> Virtual Machine
>> that there is no Kubuntu swap partition?
>>
>> How can I make a swap partition after the Kubuntu 14.04 64Bit is already
>> installed?
>> Would like to have 2GB swap partition.
>> To make matters more complicated I have hard drive with LVM encryption
>> and my home partition is encrypted too.
>>
>> Simple instructions to make Kubuntu 2GB swap partition would be
>> appreciated, thanks!
>>
>> Jesse
>