Straightforward tutorial on how to set up hibernation without a swap partition (swapfile)

I had to consult multiple sources on how to do this so I thought it would be good to compile it all into one post. I don't have any blog site so I thought Reddit might be a good place to post this. It doesn't require update-initram2fs nor uswsusp (I accidentally overwrote my boot sector using these tools and plus they seem like magic, versus this method which seems more clear and obvious). It also does not require any other external tools other than the ones that come with Linux.

**Guide**

1. Create a swapfile. A good size would be more than your total RAM
1. `sudo fallocate -l 8G /swapfile`
2. `sudo mkswap /swapfile`
2. Set the permissions for the swapfile (only readable and writable by root)
1. `sudo chmod u=rw,go= /swapfile`
3. Enable the swapfile
1. `sudo swapon /swapfile`
4. Add an entry to /etc/fstab to enable swap at boot
1. `sudo bash -c "echo /swapfile none swap defaults 0 0 >> /etc/fstab"`
5. Find out which drive your system boots from
1. `lsblk`
2. See Figure 1 below for output example
6. Find out the offset in bytes of the swapfile is located on your disk
1. Run `sudo filefrag -v /swapfile`
2. You should get some output like the below Figure 2. Note the number circled in red because that is the swapfile offset.
7. Tell GRUB where to resume the session from on boot
1. Open /etc/default/grub in your favorite editor (as sudo of course) and find the line "GRUB\_CMDLINE\_LINUX\_DEFAULT"
2. Add `resume=<your boot drive here>` and `resume_offset=<your swapfile offset>` to the things in that list and then save the file
1. See Figure 3 below for my example
8. Apply the GRUB changes
1. `sudo grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg`
9. Now hibernate should work. Test with either `sudo systemctl hibernate` or `pm-hibernate` if you have pm-utils
10. You can set up your machine to hibernate in your distro's power settings on laptop lid close or hibernate button press or whatever now. I won't cover that in this post.

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[Figure 1: lsblk output. I just have one partition so my system boots from \/dev\/sda1 \(resume value\)](https://preview.redd.it/vhoejij99zw31.png?width=584&format=png&auto=webp&s=7eab92d5285d91293617580ba0f221a106b65ccf)

[Figure 2: the number circled in red should be your resume\_offset for \/etc\/defaults\/grub](https://preview.redd.it/ygskmolg8zw31.png?width=827&format=png&auto=webp&s=5239057d79b5a681d3ae2e94cae873ec20be9a6e)

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[Figure 3: You need to add these two circled fields to the GRUB\_CMDLINE\_LINUX\_DEFAULT list](https://preview.redd.it/6wgh7tnq9zw31.png?width=831&format=png&auto=webp&s=aa590f1d0b9485a95fad9e74f81f8e88b46db2ba)

Sources:

[https://wiki.manjaro.org/index.php?noscript=Swap#Using\_a\_Swapfile](https://wiki.manjaro.org/index.php?noscript=Swap#Using_a_Swapfile)

[https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Power\_management/Suspend\_and\_hibernate#Hibernation](https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Power_management/Suspend_and_hibernate#Hibernation)

[https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=182392](https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=182392)

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Let me know if you guys have any problems.

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