[ltp] Hibernate on Thinkpad T21 with Win2k + RH71

[Markus Alt]

Nigel Metheringham wrote:
> 
> I have just set up  new T21 which came with Win2k installed and to
> which I have added RH71.
> 
> After upgrading to the 2.4.5 release kernel (which incidently works
> with the on-board sound, and cures the hangs with the 3com on-board
> mini-pci ethernet), I'd like to get hibernate (or suspend-to-disk)
> working.
> 
> The Win2k install hibernates quite happily.  However it looks
> suspiciously as though it is actually using something closer to the
> methods used by the linux suspend-to-swap experiments - it has a
> hibernate file within the filesystem there, windows saves state into
> that, and then on restart windows starts its boot and loads state from
> the hibernate file.

Win2k uses ACPI while the default for Linux is still APM. You can check
out ACPI with the 2.4 kernels, but it's still experimental.

> I am guessing, from the information I have now found on hibernation,
> that I need to get the "Configuration utility diskette" for DOS and
> make a hibernation file on the first FAT fileystem (the win2k install
> partition).  Do I need to do any additional magic to get this working?

You should create a separate FAT partition for hibernation (with
PartitionMagic or fdisk) and then create a hibernation file on that
partition using the "Hibernation Utility Diskette II for Standalone
Boot". (See the messages a few days ago on this list.)

Markus

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