Linux-kernel mailing list archive 1998-48,: Re: Software Suspend [was Re: APM "SuspendToDisk" implementation

# Re: Software Suspend [was Re: APM "SuspendToDisk" implementation

C.J.LAWSON (C.J.Lawson@Cranfield.ac.uk)
Tue, 1 Dec 1998 01:53:21 +0000 (GMT)

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On Mon, 30 Nov 1998 robbie@scot-mur.demon.co.uk wrote:

> Hi
>
> A thaught just occured to me. Would this software suspend be usable on
> machines without apm? Eg instead of shutting down, you save the state to
> disk, and next time you boot it loads the state from disk. I would really
> like to have this feature. Apart from that, it would just be cool:)

This brings all kinds of ideas to mind ... I remember working the lab once
and there was a power cut. I would have given anything to be able to have
reloaded a previous 'state' of the machine (say from the previous night's
save -- like an autosave?) and carried on. I am sure there are loads of
applications which would benefit from something like
--> machine hangs (interrupted, ...)
----> reboot if no response for a bit (implemented) or on power up
-------> load last saved state from disk to memory
and away we go ... Just a thought
>
> Regards
>
> --
>
> Robbie Murray
>
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