Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2000 22:11:15 +0100 From: Brian Somers <brian@Awfulhak.org> To: "Greg Smith" <gregsmith59@hotmail.com> Cc: nik@FreeBSD.ORG, mobile@FreeBSD.ORG, brian@Awfulhak.org Subject: Re: Reflections on the Sony Vaio F709 (F590K ?) Message-ID: <200008222111.e7MLBF423146@hak.lan.Awfulhak.org> In-Reply-To: Message from "Greg Smith" <gregsmith59@hotmail.com> of "Tue, 22 Aug 2000 18:23:51 GMT." <F178hcISPim9OciPXkm00001789@hotmail.com>
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I don't suppose anyone can mail me a copy of pfdisk.exe ?
cheers.
> Nik,
>
> Two more thoughts on your suspend to disk problem:
>
> 1) Did you add extra RAM? If you do this it is necessary to delete the
> original suspend to disk partition [any tool will do], and then add a newly
> sized partition [phdisk.exe] I have done this on two machines before with
> no problem; I did have to shrink the other partitions first.
>
> 2) Did you install FreeBSD to take the entire HD, or to co-exist with
> win95/98? If you take the entire disk option I believe it will wipe out all
> other partitions, including the suspend to disk partition.
>
> >The suspend to disk has always used a separate partition on my
> >machines, of a separate type which the BIOS recognizes. You might
> >check for the existence of this separate partition. If it is not
> >there the BIOS will just do nothing, or maybe beep, when you attempt
> >to suspend to disk. On my dual-boot win95/freebsd machine I have the
> >following:
>
> >PMtype PM# SIdesc SItype SIsub
> >fat32 B fat 2 11
> >freebsd/386 a5 freebsd 3 165
> >savetodisk a0 unknown 1 160
> >(where PM is PartitionMagic and SI is SysInstall)
>
> >I got my HD this way by:
> >1) defrag win95
> >2) shrink win95 partition with PartitionMagic
> >3) install FreeBSD into freed up space
--
Brian <brian@Awfulhak.org> <brian@[uk.]FreeBSD.org>
<http://www.Awfulhak.org>; <brian@[uk.]OpenBSD.org>
Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour !
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