~~~ Rohan ~~~ wrote:
Actually, this is a desktop pc... So i need to restart that frequently. Also, i poweroff the computer when not needed. And my dad uses windows, so it a dual boot hell :)
Hence the need for initng.
Perhaps not - there's no reason that you can't use the suspend on a desktop. The cool part is that it keeps your apps where they were. I regularly work in hour-long stints on the train, then power the machine down for the walk to the office. I power it up several hours later and my 6 gvim sessions are still waiting for me. ;-)
The suspend functionality dumps the current contents of memory to the swap partition, then powers the machine down completely. You can then reboot to another OS, leave it off for a year or whatever you like. When you kick it back into your resume-enabled kernel, it sees the image, loads it back into memory and you pick up where you left off.
Even with a different init, this would probably be quite a bit faster (and from the sound of it a lot less work..)
OTOH the only caveat I can think of is that there are some drivers that don't deal well with the suspend, so definitely give it a look to see if anything you're running currently has issues.
-P
Rohan.
On 11/05/05, *Paul Bohme* <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote:
~~~ Rohan ~~~ wrote:
> And there are also some people like me who reboot atleast thrice a > day. For them, the change is warranted.. Anyway, lets just wait and > watch whether someone does come up with initng packages :)
Yow! Have you considered swsusp2 (software suspend http://www.suspend2.net/) <http://www.suspend2.net/%29> if it's a laptop? I use this on my Sharp Actius MM10 notebook - which doesn't have usable suspend/hibernate under Linux. While it is a full power down/power up of the machine, it returns to functionality much faster than a normal reboot (and I keep my application state, to boot!) Even if you're rebooting that much because of dual (duel? ;-)) booting, it's still an effective way to speed boots as well as keeping your environment.
Then again, all of my other machines get rebooted a few times a year (if that) unless I get rambunctious with kernel tinkering. ;-)
-P
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