Re: swsusp and suspend2 like to overheat my laptop

Mark Lord
2006-08-09T13:05:54Z

Steven Rostedt wrote:
>
> I would prefer to do both, but I really can't tell you if the $OTHER_OS
> works or not. I booted it once with this machine, and that was only to
> register it with IBM. ;)
>
> After that, I slapped in my Debian install CD and the rest is history.

My own solution for BIOS updates was to reinstall the MS stuff completely
to a small old bootable external USB drive, and place it on a shelf for
contingency / testing uses. That way it doesn't even require a boot sector
from the main drive.

Cheers