Date: Sat, 7 Jul 2001 14:38:17 -0700 From: Ben Lovett <blovett@bsdguru.com> To: mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Dell Inspiron 8000 and suspend-to-disk Message-ID: <20010707143817.A1543@bsdguru.com> In-Reply-To: <20010707045013.A1368@sydney.worldwide.lemis.com>; from grog@FreeBSD.ORG on Sat, Jul 07, 2001 at 04:50:14AM %2B1000 References: <20010703101035.A1027@bsdguru.com> <3B433888.7020304@quack.kfu.com> <3B4353BE.927522EF@ufl.edu> <20010704210528.A691@bsdguru.com> <20010707045013.A1368@sydney.worldwide.lemis.com>
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I believe I saw Greg Lehey (grog@FreeBSD.ORG) write this: > On Wednesday, 4 July 2001 at 21:05:28 -0700, Ben Lovett wrote: > > I believe I saw Bob Johnson (bobj@ufl.edu) write this: > >> Nick Sayer wrote: > >>> Ben Lovett wrote: > >> > >> I've been using a suspend-to-disk partition for about a year in my > >> Inspiron 7500, and haven't had any problems. It's suspend-to-ram that > >> is unreliable (in Windows and in FreeBSD, and it seems to work better > >> in FreeBSD). Suspend-to-disk mostly works fine with Windows 98 also, > >> except that it is likely to get confused if it wakes up with a different > >> hardware configuration than it went to sleep with. > > I've been using suspend-to-RAM on my 7500 for over a year, and until > recently I had no problems. I think it's related to the version of > FreeBSD I'm running. When I get home, I intend to investigate. > > >> A vague description of how I set up my system is at > >> http://www.afn.org/~afn01750/inspiron.html > >> It might provide you with some useful clues. > >> > > > > Well.. I followed the directions that Nick Sayer described (phdisk > > /create /partition), and the Dell BIOS still fails to find the s2d > > partition :( I'm thinking of contacting Dell regarding this issue, but > > that will have to wait until I find out if my disk is infact dying.. I > > hope not, as I have only had this system for 3 weeks!! > > All the better. They'll replace it for you. Good, thats what I was hoping to hear. I've yet to call them, but I plan to do that today. > > > As to another question that I have that is totally unrelated to > > suspending to disk.. When I suspend my system, everything works > > fine and dandy. But, when I go to close the display, as soon as it > > latches, the system seems to resume, then suspend again, effectively > > giving power to the HD, and then killing it almost immediatly. > > Yes, I see this behaviour on the 7500 as well. I assume it's flushing > disk buffers or some such. > I chose to configure my BIOS to allow me to close my display, and have the system suspend immediatly. This allows me to not have to type "zzz" to suspend the system, and I don't get that suspend-resume-suspend thing anymore. > > I believe this is the reason behind some strange noises that I hear > > comming from my disk every once in a while. It sounds like one of > > the heads is moving rather abruptly, or something like that. > > Well, the heads all move together. > > > Has anyone else noticed similar behaviour on Dell i8k's built as of > > late? > > A lot of us noticed "clunk" noises from the disks of 7500s built > between 12 and 18 months ago. I had mine replaced as a result, and > the new disk has never made any noise. Mike Smith didn't have his > replaced, and the disk still goes "clunk" after 18 months, but he > doesn't have any other problems with it. > > Greg > -- > See complete headers for address and phone numbers > Thanks Greg! -- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Ben Lovett printf("Hello world!); blovett@bsdguru.com return 0; -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Remember, even if you win the rat race -- you're still a rat. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message
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