Hello Mikkel, On Tue, 09 May 2006 09:57:17 -0500 "Mikkel L. Ellertson" <mikkel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > wwp wrote: > > Hello all, > > > > > > I wonder if it's possible to suspend-to-disk, then boot to another OS, > > which doesn't use the swap partition used by the previous one for > > hibernation. > > > > More precisely, I've a laptop w/ FC5 and winXP installed, both entries > > available thru the grub boot menu. When I need to reboot in XP, I'd like > > to hibernate the running FC5, then boot to XP then later reboot to > > de-hibernate. But when I boot the machine after suspending-to-disk I > > don't get the grub menu, it automatically de-hibernate. > > > > Any hint? > > > > > > Regards, > > > > > It should not be a problem if you are using the Linux > suspend-to-disk. If you are using the BIOS hibernate feature, that > is another story. The way Linux does it is to basicly write the > machine state to the swap file. Then when you boot Linux with the > RESUME option properly set, it will check the swap file for the > proper signature of a resume image, and use it if it is there. It > does not matter what you have run between Linux boots as long as you > have not touched the swap file, and that you have not modified any > files that were open when you suspended the system. (Changing open > files may be ok - it depends on how they were open.) Remember, the > machine is completely powered down after a suspend to disk. So all > the hardware has to be re-initialized when you resume. You may need > to do a shutdown in XP, and then power back on before starting > Linux, instead of just doing a reboot from XP. I have a couple of > machines that I have to do a shutdown and restart any time I change > between the two OS's or some hardware does not work. I use pm-hibernate thru the acpi events. Now, part of my problem is that when I power on my laptop (last operation was a suspend-to-disk in Linux), I don't have to use any resume option or menu entry in grub. When the machine boots, it directly does a resume of the suspended Linux. How to get the grub menu so that I can jump in XP (then decide to resume the suspended Linux later)? Regards, -- wwp
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