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<p>Sorry to hear of your troubles Ted. Still you soldier on.
Impressive.</p>
<p>Thanks for the swap info. I'll await your test results and really
thanks for that. I had no issues at all upgrading to 20.04 and the
software updater suggest that I do it so it seemed happy and like
I wrote everything was smooth. Updater held back packages not
Ubuntu and I upgraded those with apt.</p>
<p>Will wait for your work-up but for now it looks good but I am
reluctant to usre it my machine's SSD for now. Type away! <br>
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<p>PS. do you need a grocer shop or anything of that sort?</p>
<p>Best</p>
<p>Brian<br>
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<div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large">NMGLUgers,
I'm having trouble typing so apologies for the empty email
just sent. I hope turning off the touchpad will fix that. <br>
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<div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large">I have just
added a swap file to a usb install that I am using here. I
made a few errors, but got through the process. I used the
'dd if=/dev/zero of=swapfile bs=1024 count=1048576' to create
the space. Notes say this eliminates holes in the swap which
would stymie the kernel.</div>
<div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large">The info I
used was from: <a
href="https://linuxize.com/post/how-to-add-swap-space-on-ubuntu-18-04/"
moz-do-not-send="true">https://linuxize.com/post/how-to-add-swap-space-on-ubuntu-18-04/</a></div>
<div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large">I had to add
some steps to place my file in the root directory, rather than
my home directory where I started by default. but it seems to
be working. <br>
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<div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large">I was also on
my way to system upgrade to 20.04, but will wait til the
Updater allows this, apparently after the 20.04.1 release.
Suits me, I'm not a fan of finding errors, though I should be.
I prefer to wait till there is consensus and some refinement
of a new LTS release. <br>
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<div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large">It is fun to
add the swapfile, not a partition, as this is a new consensus.
I will see how it works out on a usb that I use for
portability and my own testing.</div>
<div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large">Thank you,
Ted P<br>
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