Date: Mon, 27 Dec 2004 08:35:02 -0500 From: Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com> To: ctodd@chrismiller.com Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: write state to swap for multi-os boot Message-ID: <20041227083502.2d865466.wmoran@potentialtech.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSI.4.58L.0412270043140.9248@vp4.netgate.net> References: <Pine.BSI.4.58L.0412270043140.9248@vp4.netgate.net>
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ctodd@chrismiller.com wrote: > > Has anyone considered or accomplished allowing FreeBSD to write it's > current state (including window manager, windows, etc) to swap and > allowing a subsequent reload of the system to last state? This would be > sort of like the sleep mode of a laptop, but would allow the user to boot > into another OS (like Winblows) briefly and then resume their FreeBSD > system state. I'd love to use FreeBSD as my primary desktop, but there may > be times where I'll need to boot into Windows for apps that don't run > under Wine. Since I tend to have a lot of application windows open, it's a > PITA to have to reload everything on boot. Thoughts? This isn't a direct answer to your question, but you might want to have a look at vmware. -- Bill Moran Potential Technologies http://www.potentialtech.com
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