[ltp] T21 hibernation

[Bert Haskins]

Win2K will run (nicely) on fat32.
been there, done that.
-- Bert

"D. Sen" wrote:

> 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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> D. Sen, PhD
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