Deleted a partition, now getting 'Gave up waiting for suspend/resume device' message during boot
I just encountered that same error message on Debian and a similar boot delay, with a slight variation: I knew that I had just voluntarily deleted my swap partition, and didn't plan to recreate it.
The partition was no longer listed in /etc/fstab
but the delay persisted. Nothing in /etc/initramfs-tools/conf.d/resume
(Thanks @KamilMaciorowski for the hint).
The key was to figure out that the initial RAM disk is "compiled", and in some case (like this), must be regenerated. Solution: sudo update-initramfs -u
.
Because of the message
Gave up waiting for suspend/resume device
I suspect a problem with your swap partition. Check if your system uses swap by running swapon
. Next run swapon -a
and observe the output. It may complain with cannot find the device
message. If so, you will know you should recreate your swap partiton.
The procedure:
Refer to a previous question: How do I restore a swap partition I deleted?
- Modify your partition table with
fdisk
,gdisk
,gparted
or another equivalent tool. Recreate the partition entry. The partition type should be0x82 Linux swap
. - Set the partition up with
mkswap
. - Modify your
/etc/fstab
accordingly (the previous output fromswapon -a
should tell you which entry you need to change in case you're not sure). - Important: Replace the UUID in
/etc/initramfs-tools/conf.d/resume
, with that used in the above step. - Run
update-initramfs -u
.