Hibernation does with with Boot Manager installed. The key is to make
the FIRST primary partition FAT16 sized to at least the installed
memory plus 35 MB. If you plan to upgrade memory size in the future,
make the partition that much larger.
Install Boot Manger into the SECOND primary partition. (In fact Boot
Manger can be anywhere on the disk, except for the first partition in
this case, as long as it is within the BIOS 1024 cylinder limit)
The warnings about OS/2 & Boot Manager were probably written by M$
trained programmer with tunnel vision.
I have been hibernating my TP T41 for over two years now. Disk setup:
On Sat, 30 Sep 2006 15:53:16 -0700 (PDT), Rick R. wrote:
>Bah, I need details to know I won't send my box to kingdom come.
> I already had a meltdown on my T42 happening.
> I can't afford another. To much @ stake in this project.
>
>
>Andy Willis <os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com> wrote:
> I have been told that it is indeed possible. I was not able to attend
>the session at last year's Warpstock where the details were presented,
>however, so I am not sure what is required.
>Andy
>Rick R. wrote:
>> Since the DOS based hib tool used for OS/2 specifically mentions NO BMGR, I still assume that assumption is the mother of all screw ups ;-)
>>
>>
>> altownsend wrote:
>> Sat, September 30, 2006 - 03:35 PM
>>
>> I ASSUME that if you Hibernate OS2 it would wake the same way
>>
>> Of course To "Assume" would make an "ASS of U and ME"
>>
>> Regards Al
>>
>>
>>
>> In
>> , on 09/30/2006
>> at 03:29 PM, "Rick R." said:
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>>> When I hibernate WindowsXP
>>> But the issue is whether you can hibernate from OS/2 with BMGR
>>> installed?!
>>>
>>
>>> altownsend wrote:
>>> Sat, September 30, 2006 - 03:20 PM
>>
>>> Hibernation works here on a WindowsXP, eCS Beta, eCS Beta and eCS 1.13
>>> mixed system
>>
>>> When I hibernate WindowsXP and turn the computer off, On Startup the
>>> following occurrs:
>>
>>> 1-Boot Manager Shows
>>> 2- ANY os will boot
>>> 3- As windows was Hibernated it will wake from Hibernation
>>> when called from BMGR or you can see options throught F8
>>
>>> My experience here
>>
>>> Regards Al
>>
>>
>>
>>> In
>>> , on 09/30/2006
>>> at 02:53 PM, "Rick R." said:
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>>> HA!
>>>>
>>>>> Hibernation does not work when OS/2 Boot Manager is installed.
>>
>>>> Now is there any way I can use hibernation with OS/2 BMGR installed?
>>>> As otherwise I'd need to install a primary OS/2 partition as FAT16!!
>>>>
>>
>>>> Dave Saville wrote:
>>>> On Sat, 30 Sep 2006 12:54:22 -0600 (MDT), Chris Clayton wrote:
>>
>>>>> On Sat, 30 Sep 2006 18:13:45 +0100 (BST), Dave Saville wrote:
>>>>> That's the one - I suppose to be correct it expands to a Microsoft
>>>>> Windows 95 (c) bootable DOS session. The utility starts automatically
>>
>>>> Well Firefox won't download it - Pops up a "do you want to save" and then
>>>> does nothing. Can't find it on the FTP site either.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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