Re: Load linux...from linux?

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Alan Cox wrote:
> The second cool approach is a bit naughty but works rather well. Apply
> the software suspend patch,

I wonder if you have to dress in black and wear stylish dark sunglasses
when running that stuff ;-)

> boot the machine to steady state, suspend it
> with only a small swap partition then copy that partition
> into another partition or file

Hmm, I don't understand this. Why would the size of the swap partition
matter, and why do you have to copy it elsewhere ? As far as I can tell
from reading the swsusp description, you should be able to load directly
from your normal swap, no ?

- Werner

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