Re: A possible idea for Linux: Save running programs to disk

[Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de>]

On Sun, Oct 02, 2005 at 01:36:12AM -0400, Andrew Haninger wrote:
> On 10/1/05, lokum spand <lokumsspand@hotmail.com> wrote:
> > ... a program like mozilla with many open windows. I give
> > it a SIGNAL-SAVETODISK and the process memory image is dropped to a
> > file. I can then turn off the computer and later continue using the
> > program where I left it, by loading it back into memory.
> FWIW, you can already do this with Firefox (and Mozilla, I'm sure)
> using the Sessionsaver plugin.
> 
> And while I can shed no further light on your idea, I wholeheartedly
> support it. It would be a nice alternative to swsusp/Suspend2 in that
> it could possibly avoid hardware issues involved with hibernation.

Where are hardware issues with suspend to disk?

> -Andy

cu
Adrian

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