On Mon, 29 Apr 2002, Derek Broughton wrote: > Cyn wrote: > > 3) I don't see what a boot loader has to do with hibernation - resuming > > from hibernation isn't booting, it's resuming the computer to the state it > > was in before suspend. > > It's still booting. When you hibernate, the system powers off. So then you > have to be able to boot from that state into either Linux or Windows - and > if windows, resume from hibernate.
Uh, no - that doesn't sound like hibernation - hibernation is a nearly-off state - the bios dumps the memory+video -> disk, and then when you hit the power button (or whatever) it revives the hardware and zaps the data file back into memory+video. When I wake-from-hibernation, booting does not occur - the bootloader never gets a look in. There are other _similar_ solutions, that involve a frobbed kernel that knows how to cheat and reinitialise itself from a special swsupend file: but I don't think those are technically hibernation. -- If voting could change things, it would be illegal. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
