On 11 June 2012 15:21, Simon McVittie <s...@debian.org> wrote: > On 11/06/12 15:01, Aneurin Price wrote: >> as far as I am aware a swap file is the better >> choice in virtually all situations > > Assuming > <http://wiki.debian.org/Hibernation/Hibernate_Without_Swap_Partition> is > still current: > > If you want to use hibernation (suspend-to-disk), you need roughly[0] as > much partion-based swap as you have RAM, unless you're using the setup > on that wiki page (using uswsusp, which is not installed by default; > have allocated a contiguous swap file; have made sure to use a > filesystem which will not move that file; done some dangerous[1] manual > configuration for uswsusp). > <snip>
Thanks. that's useful information. It's not relevant to me personally which is why I was unaware of it, but certainly that would count as a good reason not to use a file by default (at least until that limitation is overcome). -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/CAHb+SPDNnZkSHcuOm6w2de=NuBt_jrSUFEisRaR+_0MMcQ=w...@mail.gmail.com
