Creating a virtual swap file problem

[Bumpalot]

Using kubuntu 13.04
Creating a Virtual Swap file: (instead of having swap created on disc)

sudo dd if=/dev/zero of=/mnt/bumpyswap.swap bs=1M count=17178
sudo swapon /mnt/bumpyswap.swap

Added on blank Terminal line:

sudo swapon -va

Rebooted.
Problem: on bootup, under the opening K graphic,
message: “An error occurred while mounting .swap.
Press S to skip mounting swap, or M for Manual”
Pressed S & system boots OK.

bumpy@Bumpyputer:/mnt$ dir
bumpyswap.swap
bumpy@Bumpyputer:/mnt$

How can I fix this

[oshunluvr]

Your swapfile must have the proper permissions and be mounted via fstab or a command entered into rc.local (or similar) for it to survive a re-boot.

sudo chown root:root /mnt/bumpyswap.swap
sudo chmod 0600 /mnt/bumpyswap.swap


To activate /swapfile1 after Linux system reboot, remove old swap entry and add this entry to /etc/fstab file:


/mnt/bumpyswap.swap swap swap defaults 0 0