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From: Pavel Machek <pavel@suse.cz>
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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
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