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=Disabling Swap After Installation=
Do not specify a swap device.
 
=Disabling Swap at Runtime=


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This command in effect edits [[/etc/fstab]] and removes the devices marked for swap.
The command disables swapping on the specified device (or on all devices if -a is specified) in kernel.
 
Note that the command does not modify [[/etc/fstab]] so if there are swap devices mentioned there, swap will be re-enabled upon reboot. In order to prevent the kernel to re-enable swapping, remove the swap devices from /etc/fstab.

Latest revision as of 15:35, 29 June 2017

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Disabling Swap During Installation

Do not specify a swap device.

Disabling Swap at Runtime

swapoff -a

The command disables swapping on the specified device (or on all devices if -a is specified) in kernel.

Note that the command does not modify /etc/fstab so if there are swap devices mentioned there, swap will be re-enabled upon reboot. In order to prevent the kernel to re-enable swapping, remove the swap devices from /etc/fstab.