[ltp] Can't hibernate (SMAPI BIOS error)

[Dr. Edmund Weitz]

Shigeo Tanai <xc6s-tni@asahi-net.or.jp> writes:

> Have you tried to making FAT partition under 1024 cylinder range?
> You could shrink your NTFS partition so to make a room before it,
> and create new FAT partition for the hibernation file.

No, I haven't tried this yet because Vivek reported success although
his FAT 16 partition was also at the end of the hard disk like mine.

> BTW, what is your 'hdparm -v -i /dev/hda' output?

Here it is:

root@bird:/home/edi > hdparm -v -i /dev/hda

/dev/hda:
 multcount    = 16 (on)
 I/O support  =  0 (default 16-bit)
 unmaskirq    =  0 (off)
 using_dma    =  1 (on)
 keepsettings =  0 (off)
 nowerr       =  0 (off)
 readonly     =  0 (off)
 readahead    =  8 (on)
 geometry     = 4134/240/63, sectors = 62506080, start = 0

 Model=IBM-DJSA-232, FwRev=JS8IAD1A, SerialNo=48YBWLB2117
 Config={ HardSect NotMFM HdSw>15uSec Fixed DTR>10Mbs }
 RawCHS=16383/15/63, TrkSize=0, SectSize=0, ECCbytes=4
 BuffType=DualPortCache, BuffSize=1874kB, MaxMultSect=16, MultSect=16
 CurCHS=16383/15/63, CurSects=15481935, LBA=yes, LBAsects=62506080
 IORDY=on/off, tPIO={min:240,w/IORDY:120}, tDMA={min:120,rec:120}
 PIO modes: pio0 pio1 pio2 pio3 pio4 
 DMA modes: mdma0 mdma1 mdma2 udma0 udma1 *udma2 udma3 udma4 
 Drive Supports : Reserved : ATA-2 ATA-3 ATA-4 ATA-5 
 Kernel Drive Geometry LogicalCHS=4134/240/63 PhysicalCHS=66144/15/63


Thanks,
Edi.



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