[Tfug] suspend to ram question

Zack Williams zdwzdw at gmail.com
Sun Oct 25 08:12:52 MST 2009


On Sun, Oct 25, 2009 at 2:51 AM, christopher floess <skeptikos at gmail.com> wrote:
> Is it safe to transport my laptop when it's in pm-suspend? I typically
> shut my laptop down when it's time to hit the road, but sometimes when
> I'm in the middle of a heavy session and I want a change of scenery,
> it would be nice to just close the laptop lid and go to a coffee shop
> without having to close everything.
>
> It never occurred to me that this might be an option. Of course, this
> is a linux laptop that I'm using, if it matters.

Generally, suspend to ram isn't a problem, assuming your laptop goes
into and comes out of it correctly, spins down all it's moving parts,
and you have sufficient charge in the battery to maintain the RAM
state.

- Zack




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