Date: Fri, 9 Jan 2004 08:25:15 EST From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LIB] W98 Power Saver Glitch
In a message dated 1/9/2004 4:48:07 AM Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > My experience is that the Toshiba Libretto Power Saver (which is started > from system.ini as "pwrsave.vxd") always resets the BIOS hibernation > setting to "boot". I'vre read that elsewhere, but as I said, somehow on my last go-round with a W98 install everything worked, at least for awhile. Hibernation, Standby, Powersaver profile in Power Management... Sorry, I guess I'm just whining now. > > > Does anyone remember their (successful) procedure for getting the Tosh > power > > management software running properly? > > Sorry, not anymore. Because pwrsave.vxd screws up the BIOS hibernation > setting, so other operating systems on my Lib (e.g. Linux) wouldn't be > able to get hibernated anymore, I dumped it. > > But, (to Lee): > Maybe this helps: you might check if ACPI is working (rather than APM). > Check the Device Manager, System Devices and look for ACPI stuff. AFAIK > this is strictly required for proper operation of Toshiba power saving. > (ACPI is not installed by default in Win98 setup. If you've set up Win98 > from Toshiba restore CD's, it should be OK. If you've set it up from OEM > or retail, you should at least specify a "/p j" option (with space > between /p and j) on setup.exe to get ACPI installed.) > > Another WAG for your frozen hibernation-recovery: Did you take care to > avoid the hibernation space around cylinders 1016-1026? > > Good luck, > > Philip > Thanks for the /p /j switches, I'll give that a try. Another approach to convert APM to ACPI has been to install Toshiba "Common Modules" utility. I don't have the file name in front of me, but when run it eliminates the persistent yellow question mark in Device Manager and adds ACPI. I've tried that too, no-go. BTW, no problem hibernating in DOS. In fact, a DOS hibernation wiped out a partition, which I had to repair. Based on this and past experience, I don't believe that a specailly prepared area is NECESSARY for proper hibernation, it is onlyu necessary to prevent damage to things like files and partitions and FATs. I think the Librettos will simply write to that 1010-1040 area, regardless of its condition. Lee ************************************************************** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://www.silverace.com/libretto/ - Archives -------TO UNSUBSCRIBE------- Reply to any of the list messages. The reply mail should be addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Then replace any text on the message's subject line: cmd:unsubscribe --------TO UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST------ Do above but with this on subject line: cmd:unsubscribe digest **************************************************************
