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SubjectRe: RFC: Self-snapshotting in Linux
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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