From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Mon May 10 23:02:16 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 36D0416A4CE for ; Mon, 10 May 2004 23:02:16 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mailhub01.unibe.ch (mailhub01.unibe.ch [130.92.9.52]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0111143D1F for ; Mon, 10 May 2004 23:02:15 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from roth@speedy.unibe.ch) Received: from localhost (scanhub01.unibe.ch [130.92.254.65]) by mailhub01.unibe.ch (Postfix) with ESMTP id A8A4425BD07; Tue, 11 May 2004 08:02:13 +0200 (MEST) Received: from mailhub01.unibe.ch ([130.92.9.52]) by localhost (scanhub01 [130.92.254.65]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 24904-06-12; Tue, 11 May 2004 08:02:12 +0200 (CEST) Received: from asterix.unibe.ch (asterix.unibe.ch [130.92.64.4]) by mailhub01.unibe.ch (Postfix) with ESMTP id 047E525BCC3; Tue, 11 May 2004 08:02:11 +0200 (MEST) Received: from speedy.unibe.ch (speedy [130.92.64.35]) by asterix.unibe.ch (8.11.7p1+Sun/8.11.7) with ESMTP id i4B61jb00638; Tue, 11 May 2004 08:01:45 +0200 (MET DST) Received: (from roth@localhost) by speedy.unibe.ch (8.12.10+Sun/8.12.9/Submit) id i4B60HhP003958; Tue, 11 May 2004 08:00:17 +0200 (MEST) Date: Tue, 11 May 2004 08:00:09 +0200 From: Tobias Roth To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20040511060009.GA3930@speedy.unibe.ch> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org, Kevin Oberman , "Michael A. Smith" , Carsten Zimmermann References: <409FBB97.5080708@code-fu.com> <20040510223555.F3FBE5D09@ptavv.es.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20040510223555.F3FBE5D09@ptavv.es.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i X-message-flag: Warning! Using Outlook is insecure and promotes virus distribution. Please use a different email client. X-Virus-checked: by University of Berne cc: Carsten Zimmermann cc: "Michael A. Smith" Subject: Re: reformatting laptop & ACPI: special partitions? X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 11 May 2004 06:02:16 -0000 On Mon, May 10, 2004 at 03:35:54PM -0700, Kevin Oberman wrote: > > Many laptops have a suspend to disk capability built into BIOS and > FreeBSD can use this. IT requires the creation of a special partition > (slice) which is normally done using a utility from the computer > maker. I can't say whether Sony has one. Even if it does, it must be > near the beginning of the hard drive (can't remember just how close). I > could not create one on my laptop because the NTFS partition with XP was > too big. :-( a small addition. it is also possible to suspend with a hibernation file instead of a slice. this file has to reside on the first DOS slice and usually is created with the same vendor-specific tool as the partition is. since i need windows around for the occasional firmware upgrades of my thinkpad, that's what works best for me. of course you need to convert your windows NTFS slice to FAT32, but who cares... note that the above is meant to work with bios hibernation. the OS hibernation (eg what XP does) also works with a hibernation file but this is not the same. also note that up to now i only tried this with APM. cheers, t.