From 8ebf0a43d2df1b47d6404d33518c1654d740cf73 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Miloslav Trmac Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2006 19:49:06 +0000 Subject: Don't require encrypted swap partitions to be swap formated before setting them up (#127378) --- crypttab.5 | 10 +++++++--- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) (limited to 'crypttab.5') diff --git a/crypttab.5 b/crypttab.5 index bd23902b..d868a8c2 100644 --- a/crypttab.5 +++ b/crypttab.5 @@ -90,14 +90,18 @@ it has to be entered twice (to prevent typos). The encrypted block device will be used as a swap partition, and will be formatted as a swap partition after setting up the encrypted block device. -The underlying block device must be already formatted -as an (unencrypted) swap partition, -and will be formatted again as an unencrypted swap partition +The underlying block device +will be formatted again as an unencrypted swap partition after destroying the encrypted block device. (This allows sharing a single swap partition between operating system installations, with some of them encrypting the swap partitions and some of them not.) +\fIWARNING\fR: Using the +.B swap +option will destroy the contents of the named partition during every boot, so +make sure the underlying block device is specified correctly. + .PP No options can be specified for LUKS encrypted partitions. -- cgit