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

[Amyanshu Jenamani]

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]

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