Re: Hibernation of TP755CX with OS/2

["Shinichi Sakata" <ssakata@econ.lsa.umich.edu>]

Hmmm... It sounds that the problem is specific to Etherlink III. The
support person just said "Our specialist told me that the problem does
not occur if the hibernation file is put on a FAT partition."  I am
using the latest version of NDIS driver for Etherlink III, by the way.

I also found another problem, which may be really a limitation. If I
boot my machine in my university office where I use TCP/IP connection,
then the machine does not work with IBM PEER connection at home unless
I reboot the machine. Similarly, if I boot my machine at home, the
machine does not work in my office until I reboot it. I know that I
miss something. But I don't know what it is.

  Shinichi


    >> My problem was basically due to the limitation of TP755CX's
    >> hibernation. Taling with IBM's support staff, I found that the
    >> hibernation file must be made on a FAT partition, while I made
    >> it on a HPFS partition. So, I made a hibernation file on a FAT
    >> partition this morning. Hibernation is now working.
    >> 
    >> Has anybody seen this limitation in any document of TP755CX?

    Geoff> Not having an Etherlink III I didn't reply to your original
    Geoff> posting, however I too have had problems hibernating (and
    Geoff> suspending) with an Ethernet card (ICcard (D-Link DE650
    Geoff> clone)) activated (under OS/2 Warp Connect).  The problem
    Geoff> in this case was the NDIS driver (as far as I could tell).
    Geoff> By having CONFIG.A and CONFIG.B and using the OS/2 Alt-F1
    Geoff> menu to choose, I can have either a LAN activated
    Geoff> configuration - lots of LAN drivers, etc, Ethernet
    Geoff> activated, but can't use hibernate (not too much of a
    Geoff> problem as I'd be on mains anyway) and an "on the road"
    Geoff> configuration with no LAN drivers, Ethernet disabled, but
    Geoff> hibernate (usually) working fine.

    Geoff> And this is on an all HPFS disk.  I do occasionally have
    Geoff> the machine (TP 755CX) seize up on me when I try and
    Geoff> hibernate, even with the Ethernet disabled, but very
    Geoff> seldon, and usually its fine and I have no FAT partition.
    Geoff> I am therefore surprised to hear IBM tell you that it
    Geoff> should be FAT.  The ThinkPad Book .INF file doesn't mention
    Geoff> this when talking about creating a hibernation file under
    Geoff> OS/2, though it does specify not on a compressed drive.

    Geoff> Geoff