> > On Thu, 16 May 2002, Oden Eriksson wrote: > > > It would be cool with a sort of "speedstart" system, much like the M$ W2K > > hibernate stuff (shouldn't be that difficult?). > > Yes, this is where the breakthrough would be. You don't need to turn your > Linux box off for stability reasons, but the fans and the harddrives keep > your awake during the night. So, a hibernate feature would be a huge > selling point for Mandrake. >
I do not think hibernation is as useful and appealing for desktops (it is targeted toward portables in the first place) but if you feel like recompiling your kernel: http://falcon.sch.bme.hu/~seasons/linux/swsusp.html -andrej
