+##############
+
+# add in a swap mount if not already configured.
+
+sep
+
+echo "Checking existing swap partition configuration."
+
+# check for existing swap.
+free | grep -q "Swap:[[:blank:]]*[1-9][0-9]"
+if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+ # no swap in current session, so add it.
+ echo "Enabling ramdisk swap partition...
+"
+ add_swap_mount
+ echo "
+Enabled ramdisk swap partition for current boot session."
+fi
+
+# the above just gives this session a swap partition, but we want to have
+# the vm boot with one also.
+
+# check if there is already swap mentioned in the root crontab. we will get root's
+# crontab below since this script has to run as sudo.
+crontab -l | grep -iq add_swap_mount
+if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+ # no existing swap setup in crontab, so add it.
+ echo "Adding a boot-time ramdisk swap partition...
+"
+ # need to do it carefully, since sed won't add lines to a null file. we thus
+ # create a temporary file to do our work in and ignore sed as a tool for this.
+ tmpfile="$(mktemp junk.XXXXXX)"
+ crontab -l 2>/dev/null >"$tmpfile"
+ echo "
+# need to explicitly set any variables we will use.
+FEISTY_MEOW_APEX=${FEISTY_MEOW_APEX}
+# add swap space to increase memory available.
+@reboot bash $FEISTY_MEOW_APEX/scripts/system/add_swap_mount.sh
+" >>"$tmpfile"
+ # now install our new version of the crontab.
+ crontab "$tmpfile"
+ rm "$tmpfile"
+
+ echo "
+Added boot-time ramdisk swap partition to crontab for root."
+fi
+