"Taong Bahay" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I was playing with the "hibernate" button of my Ubuntu desktop. I was > surprised when the computer turned off, and when I turned it on again > I was right where I started. Cool, even if it wasn't really instant > on. However, I'm worried. Where does Ubuntu and other Linux distros > store the hibernate info? Is it in the swap partition? I have two hard > disks SATA (boot drive) and PATA, and I want to remove PATA. Will this > not corrupt the data on my computer if I removed the disk where the > hibernate file is?
The Linux kernel uses the swap partition (or whatever disk is specified in the resume= kernel option). Short answer: if you remove the disk which has the swap partition that has the hibernate resume image, you won't be able to resume -- when the system boots up, it'll think that you didn't shut down cleanly. In other words, you have the same risk as not shutting down cleanly. -- JM Ibanez Software Architect Orange & Bronze Software Labs, Ltd. Co. [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://software.orangeandbronze.com/ _________________________________________________ Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [email protected] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Read the Guidelines: http://linux.org.ph/lists Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph
