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by **Harris Newma** » Thu, 09 Aug 2001 07:22:58

Whats the difference between:
apm -z vs apm -Z

by **john** » Thu, 09 Aug 2001 15:07:25

> Whats the difference between:
> apm -z vs apm -Z

man apm

one's suspend mode, one is standby mode.

by **Harris Newma** » Fri, 10 Aug 2001 20:28:22

So whats the difference between standby and suspend?
-HN

> > Whats the difference between:
> > apm -z vs apm -Z

> man apm

> one's suspend mode, one is standby mode.

by **Steve O'Hara-Smit** » Sat, 11 Aug 2001 06:05:16

On Thu, 09 Aug 2001 11:28:22 GMT

HN> So whats the difference between standby and suspend?

Suspend mode writes the system state to disc and switches (nearly)
everything off. Standby mode powers down everything to minimal power
consumption and keeps RAM contents where they are. Suspend will last
indefinitely, standby is limited to a few hours.

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