Re: Potato on a Sony VAIO notebook

[Adam C Powell IV <hazelsct@mit.edu>]

Heather wrote:

> >
> > Adam C Powell IV <hazelsct@mit.edu> writes:
> >
> > > Until I get a CD-ROM for the machine and fix it, I'm stuck without
> > > the ability to hibernate.
> >
> > Why not just ask someone with the same laptop what their partition
> > table looks like and fix yours with fdisk?
>
> That might work, or might not... depending on whether the hibernation
> partition needs a special format or not.
>
> I have no idea what BIOS a Vaio uses, but if it has a Phoenix BIOS,
> try Patrick Ashmore's lphdisk (pronounced elf disk) -
>         http://www.procyon.com/~pda/
>
> Phdisk type hibernation volumes do need some partition details, just
> being of fdisk type a0 (thinkpad hibernate) isn't enough.

Thanks, I'll look into the BIOS type and see if this will work.  That would be
great!

> However - if it's one of those annoying types where the hibernate file
> lives on a FAT filesystem - you can just copy a working hibernate file.
> Make sure your fellow user has the same amount of memory though.

Thanks again, will look into it (when I have some time).  I'll report back to
the list.

-Adam P.