[ltp] T21 hibernation

[Bret Comstock Waldow]

D. Sen wrote:

>
> Not true. I used stndalhd just last week to create a hibernation file 
> on a fat32 partition on /dev/hda1.
>
> Using stndalhd to just create the hibernation file will result in the 
> file being created in the first fat/fat32 partition that the file can 
> reside in. In your case this will be /dev/hda2
>
> I am guessing that there isnt enough space in /dev/hda2 for a 
> hibernation file.
>
> I have never had much luck with an a0 partition. I would try a 
> different partition scheme with the first fat/fat32 partition large 
> enough to hold the hibernation file. 

I toggled /dev/hda1 (W$k) to type b (LILO is toggling hda1 and hda2 back 
and forth for booting between them W2k and W98). I then pulled the 
hiberfil.sys file off hda1. stndalhd says there isn't a large enough 
contiguous space on my disks to create the file. (Thanks M$ - these 
people look more and more like a Trojan Horse).

When I boot to W$k to defrag the disk, to try to arrange the contiguous 
space - it auto-reinstalls the hberfil.sys and takes up all the room 
again (see remark above).

D. Sen, it would be really helpful if you would answer a few questions:
Which machine do you have?
What operating systems do you boot on your machine?
What partition do you have your hibernation file on? What type does 
linux fdisk say that partition is?
Which bootloader do you use?

I'd like to put a single hibernation file on the system that W$k uses 
along with the BIOS hibernate, and I need the information so I can 
figure out:
Is it possible?
What do I need to do to trick W$k into letting it be the way I set it up?

I don't expect anyone to figure this out for me, I just want the 
information so I can look into it myself.

If necessary, I can dedicate room on /dev/hda2 to a separate hibernation 
file, and eventually maybe just take W$k off my system once I've got 
everything working in Linux (although I may need W$k for work depending 
on which zombie employer I hook up with next).

But thanks for your answers - everything I learn helps me figure out 
other issues later even if I find I can't do what I'm attempting now.

Regards,
Bret



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