[ltp] TP600E hibernate partition

Charles E Taylor IV linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Sun, 4 Jan 2004 17:19:57 -0500


On Sun, 04 Jan 2004 19:43:46 +0000
"S. Anthony Sequeira" <tony@sequeira.com> wrote:

> Hi,

> From what I have read it is possible to create a hibernation partition
> and use it in Linux, without the use of a DOS/Win installation.
 
> Assuming so, how big should such a partition be?  TP600E with 192MB RAM.

You need to make a FAT partition, at least the size of your RAM plus video
RAM.  While you don't need a DOS installation, you *will* need a DOS boot
disk and the PS2.EXE utility from IBM's web site.  The docs for PS2.EXE
(also on IBM's web site) will tell you what to do.

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