On Wed, 2006-12-06 at 15:15 -0800, Xamindar wrote: > Richard Fish wrote: > > On 12/6/06, Xamindar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> I have hibernation set up on my laptop and am just wondering if there > >> are any programs that are unsafe to have running when hibernating. One > >> of the main ones im wondering about would be vmware. Can I hibernate > >> while I have windows xp running in vmware and still have it exactly how > >> I left it when I power back on? I will probably try it soon anyway but > >> just wondering if anyone else out there has more experience. > > > > I have done this, but end up rebooting the vmware session every time I > > try, because I move around to different networks and the networking > > between linux and XP gets confused. So generally I'd recommend > > suspending the virtual machine with vmware's suspend function first, > > and then hibernate.
> You are right, it kills the vmware machine on hibernate. I just tried > it. Oh well, at least it doesn't freeze. I'll try that vmware suspend > function. I am able to hibernate while vmware is running, and when I resume, vmware works just as before! Not much help for you, but at least you know it _can_ work. cya, -- Iain Buchanan <iaindb at netspace dot net dot au> If bankers can count, how come they have eight windows and only four tellers? -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
