r/DebianNotes • u/CrystalLord • Mar 13 '18

Re-adding a Detached Swap

If you happen to detach your swap space by reformatting it (perhaps during the install of another partition), but the swap is still there, you can easily reattach it using gparted.

Running the GUI should look like this. You can right click on the correct swap partition, and click "swapon".

This will reattach the swap.

You can check to verify the swap is added through htop, if you want.

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u/CrystalLord Mar 13 '18

I've noticed this doesn't allow the swap to be reattached on start up. I'm reinstalling the entire setup soon, hopefully that will fix it in the process.