Re: [TPX20] RedHat 6.2: Is there a "hibernate" partition? How to recreate it?

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From: Tom A. Trottier (TomATrottier_at_home.com)
Date: Mon Apr 23 2001 - 21:05:26 EDT

Dear Corey,

For the 701, you need the first partition to be FAT and at least
equal to the memory size.

Tom

On 16 Apr 2001, at 0:05, sayeth Corey Kosak <kosak_at_cs.cmu.edu>

>
> Hi all, I'm new to the list and a new owner of a ThinkPad X20. I
> searched the archives for this problem and couldn't find anything
> relevant.
>
> When I got the machine, I immediately wiped the Win98 it came with and
> installed RedHat 6.2 (Linux). I dimly recall that the hard disk came
> with three partitions on it. Because I am an idiot, I deleted them
> all.
>
> One was my win98 partition. I'm guessing that the second was the
> Win98 re-install partition, which would be nice to have back, but it's
> probably too late for that. I'm hypothesizing that the third would be
> devoted to the "hibernate" feature. This would be nice to have back
> also.
>
> So my questions, all based on a cascading set of assumptions:
>
> Does hibernate work on Linux? Can I invoke it, e.g. via the "apm"
> command? (I don't see an option for hibernate in the apm man page).
> Does hibernate need a partition reserved on the hard disk? Can I
> recreate that partition? If so, what partition type do I use and how
> much space?
>
> Thanks in advance!

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