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Old 07-23-2007, 12:34 PM   #32
Adam B.
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Originally Posted by Scifier View Post
Since Iliad doesn't have a built-in support for quick "suspend-restore" mode why not to implement a simple workaround for it:

*When a user pushes the power switch off, the running application (OS itself?) automatically makes a snapshot shot of everything on the screen and dumps it to some temporarily folder.

*On the startup OS loader checks for a presence of this image file and displays it (instead of standard boot-time picture) thus allowing us to continue reading when OS is not even loaded.
It would be trivial to take a screenshot and save it somewhere on shutdown. The problem is choosing that image on boot up. I'm not aware of where the default image is stored, and it's most likely not in a user accessable area. Being as such, flashing a new image would probably be dangerous as the unbrick utility does not update the boot loader.
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