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Re: Swap encryption (via LUKS) and Hibernation (disk suspend)



On Fr, Mai 04, 2007 at 01:03:22 -0400, q9u3x4c02@sneakemail.com wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> After digging around manuals, search engines and forums, I have come
> to the conclusion that trying suspend to disk (hibernate) is a hit or
> miss with an encrypted swap via LUKS.
> 
> What is the state of of doing hibernation with encrypted swap in
> Debian? After doing a "fresh install" using the amazing Debian
> installer which pre-configures LUKS, what extra steps, if any, are
> needed to accomplish this goal?

The build in kernel suspend is not capable of doing this. You need to
look at suspend2 http://www.suspend2.net/

Frank



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