ok, i mean suspend to ram under windows 98 i.e. with desktop computers.
with laptops it might be different, as every laptop-manufacturer does its own
solution and suspend was realized long before win could do it. so it is done
by bios or proprietary programs. but i think that the method of "windows like
suspend to ram" would be good for any laptop too.
regards
Am Dienstag, 29. Mai 2001 17:40 schrieb James Bond:
> Actually, that's not true. You can remove the battery from a laptop and
> unplug it as well and hibernated data will still be there because it is
> stored on the hard drive. A hibernated computer uses no electricity
> whatsoever. The time saving comes from the fact that drivers and startup
> programs don't have to be loaded. They are just read from a file on the
> hard drive straight into ram and the boot process is therefore skipped.
>
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>
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> >Subject: Re: [newbie] suspend to ram
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> >hy,
> >thats a good explanation, but one thing is wrong:
> >the ram is still under electricity, nothing else. no fan, no disks, no
> >video,
> >nothing-->no noise. when re-powering no boot is necessary and the computer
> >is
> >redy in some seconds.
> >regards
> >
> >Am Dienstag, 29. Mai 2001 09:49 schrieb James Bond:
> > > I am not the original poster of this message, but since I own a laptop
> >
> >this
> >
> > > is something that I'd like to know how to do as well. I will describe
> >
> >the
> >
> > > process in hopes that someone knows how.
> > >
> > > Suspend to RAM or Hibernation, is when the computer copies the contents
> >
> >of
> >
> > > the RAM of the computer and also usually the video ram to a file on the
> > > harddrive, and then powers down the computer completely. The next time
> >
> >the
> >
> > > computer is turned on, the information is transferred back into RAM
> > > from the hard disk and you are right back at the point where you
> > > originally hibernated.
> > >
> > > There are two basic benefits to hibernation as opposed to shutdown.
> > > The first is that hibernation is much faster than shuting down and then
> > > rebooting. You can hibernate in about 20 seconds (depending on how
> > > much RAM the machine has) and resume in another 20 seconds. To fully
> >
> >shutdown
> >
> > > and reboot a LM 8.0 machine into KDE takes about 5 min (on my
> > > computer). The second thing is that you can leave a text editor window
> > > and
> >
> >hibernate.
> >
> > > Then, when you restart you can immediately start editing the text again
> > > without having to open any file. It appears right on the screen.
> > >
> > > I hope this has clarified the question.
> > >
> > > >On Monday 28 May 2001 12:09, mp wrote:
> > > > > under linux mandrake 8 possible?
> > > > > thank you
> > > >
> > > >Ummm Not sure what you want...
> > > >
> > > >If you put the mount parameter noatime in the file /etc/fstab, then
> > > > the disks
> > > >will not be spun up to change the data time parameters, and if you set
> > > >power
> > > >management properly, disks will spin down. Add to that the "lock
> >
> >screen"
> >
> > > >feature, and you have a computer in hibernation, waiting for a
> >
> >password,
> >
> > > >except network processes are open.
> > > >
> > > >So how is the suspend to ram feature different than that? What
> > > > purpose does
> > > >it accomplish? Linux people are more used to non-stop computing, so
> > > > we need
> > > >an explanation.
> > > >
> > > >Civileme
> > >
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