[ltp] Hibernation on A30, again *sigh*

[Tino Keitel]

On Fri, Jan 17, 2003 at 00:45:29 +0100, Jan Frey wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> > I own a A30p.
> 
> Me too.
> 
> > > I installed ps2.exe, but to my surprise, I can't create an
> > > hibernation file anymore (ps2.exe hfile), like it could be done
> > > on my 765.
> >
> > You need a special tool called stndalhd.exe. It can create a
> > hibernation file on a FAT filesystem.
> 
> I used phdisk.exe... worked just beautiful (twice!!) for me. I
> extracted IBM's files on another PC and created a bootable CD.
> 
> > > When I run phdisk.exe, it first complains about too less disk
> > > space, (my A30 has 384 MB RAM installed and the partition was
> > > just formated and contained 580 MB) and when I tried it on a
> > > larger partition, the hibernation file was created.
> >
> > AFAIK phdisk.exe is for Phoenix BIOS only and not compatible with
> > the newer TPs.
> 
> It worked for me. See above.

I got it working yesterday, using a bootable CD and the files from
stndalhd.exe copied to the FAT partition. Thanks for all your hints.

> 
> > > I rebooted, and my 20 GB linux partition was trashed, so I think
> > > that DOS can not handle such a bug hard drive correctly. I
> > > reinstalled Linux and tried lphdisk, without success.
> 
> Be cautious: IBM's website mentions _not_ to select "hibernation
> *partition*"... But I'm quite certain, that you tried to create a
> *file..

Yes, I never tried a partition, only when I used lphdisk (which only
supports hibernation partitions, not files, when I got this right)

> > Try stndalhd.exe with FreeDOS (which you can download as ISO image,
> > burn and boot). I tried hibernation one time and was rather
> > disappointed. With 512 MB RAM it takes quite a long time to recover
> > just to see XFree locked up. But it's a nice animation while waking
> > up. Booting into Linux and starting XFree lasts no longer
> > subjectively (? is this a correct English sentence ?).

Hum, I don't like reboots. Appart from that, typing login/password and
the passphrase for the SSH keys everytime I want so use the ThinkPad is
a pain. :-)

> I'm using hibernation several times a day, with 384MB RAM. I couldn't
> live without it anymore ;-) Regarding XFree you'll have to apply the
> Radeon-Patch by Charl Botha.

Thanks a lot, I will try it. I noticed that my X was locked after
resume from hibernation, although the machine was still running (reboot
was possible). This was strange, since I tried hibernation with a
Knoppix CD a week ago and resume was working. Apperently, the X
configuration did not use DRI. I will recheck this.

> > I have no problems with sleep mode, only the sound output is muted
> > so that I need to change both Master and PCM channels to get back
> > sound output.
> 
> No problems with sound here... I'm using plain kernel audio drivers.
> 
> Best regards Jan

Again, thanks for all your help.

Regards, Tino

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