On Tue, Aug 14, 2001 at 10:13:35PM +0100, Alexander Clouter wrote: > On Mon, 13 Aug 2001, Rolf Heckemann wrote: > > > > I wonder: am I missing a step in between setting up the partition with > > lphdisk and invoking suspend? Or will it not work at all with an > > "oversize" disk because of BIOS constraints? > > > > - No-name laptop, very similar to ASUS 9000 series > > - Phoenix BIOS V6 R4 > > - Pentium III 600 Speedstep > > - 192 MB RAM > > - /dev/hda4 with type 0xa0, 222 MB, cyls 305 to 331 (2432 total) > > - Kernel 2.4.5 with apm as a module (kernel hasn't changed from when it > > worked with the old disk) > > > > Thanks for any hint > > > this is more than likely to be a problem with the BIOS. Are you using > anything like LBA (I think this is more DOS/Windoze fix though), is the > hibernate partition the correct size (however I think lphdisk will tell > you, have you tried using the DOS phdisk instead?). > > those are my first thoughts...... > > if that doesn't help try seeing if there are similar reports in the > newsgroups/web about windoze users problems with a similar setup.
I think you're right about the BIOS. Maybe I can get an update for it. I haven't used the DOS phdisk - I don't think I got one with this laptop unless it's on the recovery CD. lphdisk claims to be better, anyway. Thanks for your input Rolf -- Rolf Heckemann Mozilla 0.9.3: Never been so happy surfing the web with Linux
