How To Add Swap on Ubuntu 12.04

To add a swap-partition instead of swap-file:

blkid /dev/sdax (get UUID)

mkswap /dev/sdax (format swap partition)

swapon -U xxx

nano /etc/fstab (edit fstab) UUID=xxx none swap sw 0 0 (enter and save this text to make swap permanant) (then close fsantab)

To add a swap-file

https://www.digitalocean.com/community/articles/how-to-add-swap-on-ubuntu-12-04