Re: [PATCH] Preserve hibenate-system-image on startup

[Nigel Cunningham <ncunningham@cyclades.com>]

Hi.

On Wed, 2005-07-20 at 20:54, Hiroyuki Machida wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> 
> With this function, system needs to mount read-write file systems on
> every boot cycle, due to avoid inconsistency between FS and memory.
> How did you address this problem? Did kernel check RW FS remained as
> mounted on boot up or hibernate time ?

You're right. We don't seek to address this problem, just document
clearly that filesystems in use when creating the image need to be
mounted readonly. You can of course mount another filesystem read/write
while the system is up.

> I think I need to discuss with you at San Jose at the beginning of 
> this year.

Yes, I think we did meet. Nice to talk to you again.

Regards,

Nigel

> 
> Regards,
> Hiroyuki Machida
> 
> Nigel Cunningham wrote:
> > Hi.
> > 
> > We've had this feature in Suspend2 for a couple of years and I can
> > confirm that the approach works, provided that the on-disk filesystem
> > remains unchanged throughout this. (Useful mainly for kiosks etc).
> > 
> > This is not to say that I've reviewed the code below for correctness.
> > 
> > Regards,
> 
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