Always booting from hibernation image

Is it possible to make ArchLinux always boot from hibernation image? Considering so many services starting up during boot, I think that could boost my boot time a lot.

The gain is actually not that great, since many of the time consuming processes like loading modules still need to be done from hibernation. I think compiling a static kernel with built-in modules will be more effective than always resuming from hibernation.
Having said that, for what you want you could check out Tuxonice, it features stuff like a kiosk-mode, which means that you always boot from a preset hibernation image. Tuxonice requires a custom kernel, but here are prebuilt kernels like kernel26-pf available in private repos.

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Although FireWire 800 is faster as you already know.
As always check to make sure you can.
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[MOOT] UEFI USB Install (from 201306 image) - blank screen during boot

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https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/UE … B_from_ISO
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[2] https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=158530
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Auric wrote:
Neri, did you get any further with this? I just got my own Thinkpad Yoga and am facing the same problems. Everything works fine in legacy Boot but the screen stays black on UEFI boot regardless of the known workarounds.
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