Comments on: My Asus Eee 4G odyssey http://geekblog.oakcircle.com/2008/04/18/my-asus-eee-odyssey/ Miscellaneous ramblings on miscellaneous topics Mon, 06 Feb 2012 22:18:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Head Geek http://geekblog.oakcircle.com/2008/04/18/my-asus-eee-odyssey/comment-page-1/#comment-1345 Head Geek Sun, 20 Apr 2008 21:27:12 +0000 http://geekblog.oakcircle.com/?p=479#comment-1345 <p>Unfortunately, the problem isn't due to TrueCrypt (which has no problem with suspend mode on my larger laptop -- I don't have a swap file on either system, so I can't use hibernation). It's the Eee system itself, which disconnects the SD card slot when it suspends, causing all sorts of trouble with the encrypted ZFS system that's on the card.</p> <p>It's not really a big deal though. I set up a script that handles connecting and disconnecting the card, all I have to do is click on the icon for it before I tell the system to sleep and everything is fine.</p> Unfortunately, the problem isn’t due to TrueCrypt (which has no problem with suspend mode on my larger laptop — I don’t have a swap file on either system, so I can’t use hibernation). It’s the Eee system itself, which disconnects the SD card slot when it suspends, causing all sorts of trouble with the encrypted ZFS system that’s on the card.

It’s not really a big deal though. I set up a script that handles connecting and disconnecting the card, all I have to do is click on the icon for it before I tell the system to sleep and everything is fine.

]]> By: McPop http://geekblog.oakcircle.com/2008/04/18/my-asus-eee-odyssey/comment-page-1/#comment-1332 McPop Sun, 20 Apr 2008 09:05:15 +0000 http://geekblog.oakcircle.com/?p=479#comment-1332 <p>TrueCrypt? Perhaps LUKS would be more suitable...I don't know if it supports hibernation but I'd be surprised if it didn't.</p> <p>McPop.</p> TrueCrypt? Perhaps LUKS would be more suitable…I don’t know if it supports hibernation but I’d be surprised if it didn’t.

McPop.

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