Heather wrote: > > > > Adam C Powell IV <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > Until I get a CD-ROM for the machine and fix it, I'm stuck without > > > the ability to hibernate. > > > > Why not just ask someone with the same laptop what their partition > > table looks like and fix yours with fdisk? > > That might work, or might not... depending on whether the hibernation > partition needs a special format or not. > > I have no idea what BIOS a Vaio uses, but if it has a Phoenix BIOS, > try Patrick Ashmore's lphdisk (pronounced elf disk) - > http://www.procyon.com/~pda/ > > Phdisk type hibernation volumes do need some partition details, just > being of fdisk type a0 (thinkpad hibernate) isn't enough.
Thanks, I'll look into the BIOS type and see if this will work. That would be great! > However - if it's one of those annoying types where the hibernate file > lives on a FAT filesystem - you can just copy a working hibernate file. > Make sure your fellow user has the same amount of memory though. Thanks again, will look into it (when I have some time). I'll report back to the list. -Adam P.
