Messages in this thread |  | | | Date | Tue, 9 Apr 2002 22:54:24 +0200 | | From | Pavel Machek <> | | Subject | Re: [swsusp fixes] Re: Linux 2.4.19pre5-ac3 |
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Hi!
> > > My question was: can I have a system without active swap and still use > > > swsusp? Creating a swap/suspend partition of appropriate size is not a > > > problem. I just do not want to "swapon" it. > > > > You need to swapon it. If you do not want to keep it swapped on, > > there's no problem in > > > > swapon /dev/swap > > echo 4 > /proc/acpi/sleep > > sleep 10 > > swapoff /dev/swap > > > > thanks. That is what I wanted to know. That basically means that I will > have to boot with a active swap device in order to get the resume > functionality - correct? And then I would do a "swapoff" late in the > boot process (maybe before starting the graphical crap :-).
You do not need swapon during boot. swsusp no longer works like that (it used to, but not now). swapon just before suspend is okay. Pavel -- Casualities in World Trade Center: ~3k dead inside the building, cryptography in U.S.A. and free speech in Czech Republic. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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