Creating swap file on an USB drive already being used as an extra storage option.

Amyanshu Jenamani · 2 Jun 2017, 20:54

I configured my onion omega2 to boot from an external USB device [8GB]. Now I want to increase its RAM. Will I just follow the documentation or I have to do something extra?

Gabriel Ongpauco · 7 Jun 2017, 01:28

Hi @Amyanshu-Jenamani ,

You can increase the available memory by creating a swap file on the USB drive. We have a guide on this here: https://docs.onion.io/omega2-docs/extending-omega-memory.html

Since you are already booting from the USB drive, I advise you back up your data before attempting this.

-Gabe