[ltp] Re: A20p questions...

[Keith Frechette]

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> Just wondering if there is a reason for not using a hibernate partition?
> Is there some disadvantage to it? Or it was simply a choice of two equal
> methods and FAT happened to be chosen.

I wanted to make sure that the user could grow the hibernation 
file/partition when memory is added to the system, but I didn't want to 
waste disk space for those users who aren't planning on running with 512 
meg of RAM (the maximum supported on those machines). If we used a 
hibernation partition, we would have had to either set the partition size 
to 128 meg (the amount of RAM that ships with those machines) and force 
the user to buy some sort of repartitioning tool to increase the size of 
the partition if they add memory, or set the partition size to 512 meg 
which would waste space if the user had less memory, since the unused 
portition of that partition couldn't be used for anything else. However, 
by creating a 512meg FAT partition and storing a hibernation file on it, 
the user can use the "phdisk" utility to easily increase (or decrease) the 
size of the file when the memory configuration is changed, and any unused 
space can be used to hold data files or possibly serve as a "transfer" 
area when moving files between Linux and DOS or Windows.

-- Keith

Keith Frechette
Linux Development Lead, Mobile Computing Options and Software Development
IBM Research Triangle Park, North Carolina
kfrechet@us.ibm.com / 919-543-3761 / TieLine:441-3761
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<br><font size=2><tt>&gt; Just wondering if there is a reason for not using a hibernate partition?<br>
&gt; Is there some disadvantage to it? Or it was simply a choice of two equal<br>
&gt; methods and FAT happened to be chosen.</tt></font><font size=2 face="sans-serif"><br>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">I wanted to make sure that the user could grow the hibernation file/partition when memory is added to the system, but I didn't want to waste disk space for those users who aren't planning on running with 512 meg of RAM (the maximum supported on those machines). If we used a hibernation partition, we would have had to either set the partition size to 128 meg (the amount of RAM that ships with those machines) and force the user to buy some sort of repartitioning tool to increase the size of the partition if they add memory, or set the partition size to 512 meg which would waste space if the user had less memory, since the unused portition of that partition couldn't be used for anything else. However, by creating a 512meg FAT partition and storing a hibernation file on it, the user can use the &quot;phdisk&quot; utility to easily increase (or decrease) the size of the file when the memory configuration is changed, and any unused space can be use!
d to hold data files or possibly serve as a &quot;transfer&quot; area when moving files between Linux and DOS or Windows.</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">-- Keith</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif"><br>
Keith Frechette<br>
Linux Development Lead, Mobile Computing Options and Software Development<br>
IBM Research Triangle Park, North Carolina<br>
kfrechet@us.ibm.com / 919-543-3761 / TieLine:441-3761</font>
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