[ltp] T21 hibernation

[D. Sen]

Bret Comstock Waldow wrote:
> 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?
I have TP T21 (not for much longer) and T30.

> What operating systems do you boot on your machine?

The T21 has Linux and Win 98. The T30 only has linux (with a fat32 
partition for the hibernation file).

> What partition do you have your hibernation file on? What type does 
> linux fdisk say that partition is?

On the T30, the hibernation file is in /dev/hda1. fdisk reports type "c".

> Which bootloader do you use?

Grub.

> 
> 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?

I am not sure about Windows 2000/XP. The native file system there is 
NTFS. IBM's standalone hibernation utitity specifically says that it 
does not support NTFS.

> What do I need to do to trick W$k into letting it be the way I set it up?

If Windows 2000 uses a seperate mechanism than the BIOS to hibernate the 
machine then this would be difficult. Linux depends on the BIOS for 
hibernation. I dont know the answer to your question. My T30 came with 
XP. But I got rid of that and just made a fat32 partition *just* for 
hibernation.

> 
> 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.
> 

Good luck.

> Regards,
> Bret
> 
> 
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