On 6/8/06, John H. Robinson, IV <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> In suspend mode is the RAM refresher the only thing running?
> Does hard drive and fan still run?
>
> The reason I'm asking is I want to know if this is
> adequate to make may laptop last years by just
> suspending and never turning it off.
>
> BTW, suspend was as easy for me as doing this as root...
>
> echo -n mem > /sys/power/state
This eats the battery. I use
echo -n disk > /sys/power/state
Then I can leave the system unplugged for hours. I can even take the
battery out, and put a fresh one in.
Suspending to memory is a lot faster in coming back up, though.
Obligatory dumb question: what do you do to resume?
carl
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