On Tue, 09 Oct 2007 21:49:49 +0200, Simon Jolle \"sjolle\" wrote: > Hi list > > Is there a Linux equivalent of Solaris "mkfile"? mkfile 10g creates a 10 > GB file for swap, loopback mounting etc. > > I found "dd", what can do similar. But its not that user-friendly ;) Hi, give a look at the manpage of mkswap: http://linux.die.net/man/8/mkswap