On 08/14/2005 02:13:59 AM, Dave Jones wrote:
On Sun, Aug 14, 2005 at 12:12:43AM -0400, Rik van Riel wrote:
> On Sat, 13 Aug 2005, Dave Jones wrote:
>
> > > Why not an swap file or just an regular suspend file? [2]
> >
> > I never tested swapfiles, but it *should* work.
>
> Are you sure?
>
> I don't understand how the suspend software would be able
> to resume from a swapfile without first mounting the root
> filesystem (which upsets the ext3 journal state in the
> written out memory).
Gack. I clearly never thought that through at all :)
You're absolutely correct.
Can it do that mount ext2, ro, and avoid that effect?
Regards, Willem Riede.