On Saturday 10 March 2001 15:34, Alexander Clouter wrote: > On Fri, 9 Mar 2001, Jacek M. Wuwer wrote: > >- Has anyone managed to successfully persuade BIOS to use suspend to > >disk partition instead of file on FATXX ( active ?? ) partition ? The > >file size with decent amount of RAM on T20 drives the allocation unit on > >FAT16 considerably. > > If I'm right, you make space at the end of you harddisk, slightly more > (about 4-8Mb) than how much memory you have. Set the partition ID to > &0xa0 (if I remeber, you want the IBM hibination one) and run the > software you got with your laptop that "format"'s the new partition. > This should sort things out. However as I don't have a T20 you could be > on your own, however all the laptops I have set up use this process for > a hibination routine.
I have not seen any facility in IBM laptops to do this. All the facilities that I have used have been based on the "ps2.exe" program which uses space on an existing partition. The space requirement is RAM + Video RAM + a small amount. -- http://www.coker.com.au/bonnie++/ Bonnie++ hard drive benchmark http://www.coker.com.au/postal/ Postal SMTP/POP benchmark http://www.coker.com.au/projects.html Projects I am working on http://www.coker.com.au/~russell/ My home page
