Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 16 Apr 2008 12:21:38 -0400 | From | Disconnect <> | Subject | Re: RFC: Self-snapshotting in Linux |
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On Wed, Apr 16, 2008 at 11:06 AM, Peter Teoh <htmldeveloper@gmail.com> wrote: > This list is awesome. After I read up on this kexec-based hibernation thing: > > http://kerneltrap.org/node/11756 > > I realized it is about the same idea. Some differences though: > > My original starting point was VMWare's snapshot idea. Drawing an > analogy from there, the idea is to freeze and restore back entire > kernel + userspace application. For integrity reason, filesystem > should be included in the frozen image as well. [snip]
It sounds like what you want is the existing ghost setup plus swsusp/tuxonice. Hibernate the system, which saves out your userspace and kernel state, do the ghost save, then when you restore it'll boot up right where it left off.
http://www.tuxonice.net
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