diff -Narup hibernate-script-2.0.old/scriptlets.d/ususpend hibernate-script-2.0/scriptlets.d/ususpend
--- hibernate-script-2.0.old/scriptlets.d/ususpend	2009-05-05 22:50:24.657966257 +0200
+++ hibernate-script-2.0/scriptlets.d/ususpend	2009-05-06 08:08:07.386938637 +0200
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ AddConfigHandler USuspendConfigEnabler
 AddOptionHandler USuspendOptionHandler
 
 AddConfigHelp "USuspendMethod <disk|ram|both>" "Enables use of the uswsusp suspend method of newer kernels (>= 2.6.17rc1)"
+AddConfigHelp "USuspendBothForce <boolean>" "Passes the --force flag to s2both to force suspending even if the machine is not recognised (s2ram -n)"
 AddConfigHelp "USuspendRamForce <boolean>" "Passes the -f flag to s2ram to force suspending even if the machine is not recognised"
 AddConfigHelp "USuspendRamUnsureOk <boolean>" "Instructs s2ram to continue when it's unsure about the system type, thus not requiring -f to be passed"
 AddConfigHelp "USuspendRamVbeSave <boolean>" "Passes the -s flag to s2ram to save VBE state before suspending and restore after resume"
@@ -20,6 +21,7 @@ AddLongOption "no-suspend"
 USUSPEND_STATE_FILE=/sys/power/state
 USUSPEND_DEVICE=/dev/snapshot
 USUSPEND_PROG=s2disk
+USUSPEND_BOTH_FORCE=0
 USUSPEND_RAM_FORCE=0
 USUSPEND_RAM_UNSUREOK=0
 USUSPEND_RAM_VBESAVE=0
@@ -52,6 +54,9 @@ USuspendConfigEnabler() {
 	    fi
 	    ;;
 
+	ususpendbothforce)
+	    BoolIsOn "$1" "$2" && USUSPEND_BOTH_FORCE=1 || return 0
+	    ;;
 	ususpendramforce)
 	    BoolIsOn "$1" "$2" && USUSPEND_RAM_FORCE=1 || return 0
 	    ;;
@@ -104,6 +109,9 @@ USuspendOptionHandler() {
 DoUSuspend() {
     if [ -z "$USUSPEND_NO_SUSPEND" ] ; then
 	ARGS=
+	if [ "$USUSPEND_PROG" = s2both ]; then
+	    [ $USUSPEND_BOTH_FORCE -eq 1 ] && ARGS="$ARGS --force"
+        fi
 	if [ "$USUSPEND_PROG" = s2ram ]; then
 	    [ $USUSPEND_RAM_FORCE -eq 1 ] && ARGS="$ARGS -f"
 	    [ $USUSPEND_RAM_VBESAVE -eq 1 ] && ARGS="$ARGS -s"
@@ -127,8 +135,9 @@ EnsureUSuspendCapable() {
 	vecho 0 "$USUSPEND_PROG not installed."
 	return 2
     fi
-    if [ "$USUSPEND_PROG" = s2ram ] && [ $USUSPEND_RAM_FORCE -eq 0 ]; then
-	$USUSPEND_PROG -n >/dev/null
+    if [ "$USUSPEND_PROG" = s2ram ] && [ $USUSPEND_RAM_FORCE -eq 0 ] || \
+	   [ "$USUSPEND_PROG" = s2both ] && [ $USUSPEND_BOTH_FORCE -eq 0 ]; then
+	s2ram -n >/dev/null
 	ret=$?
 	case "$ret/$USUSPEND_RAM_UNSUREOK" in
 	    0/*) :;;
@@ -138,7 +147,7 @@ EnsureUSuspendCapable() {
 		return 2
 		;;
 	    *)
-		vecho 0 "$USUSPEND_PROG: unknown machine, see s2ram(8) and the USuspendRamForce option"
+		vecho 0 "$USUSPEND_PROG: unknown machine, see s2ram(8) and the USuspendRamForce and UsuspendBothForce options"
 		return 2
 		;;
 	esac
diff -Narup hibernate-script-2.0.old/ususpend-both.conf hibernate-script-2.0/ususpend-both.conf
--- hibernate-script-2.0.old/ususpend-both.conf	2009-05-05 22:50:24.653220121 +0200
+++ hibernate-script-2.0/ususpend-both.conf	2009-05-06 08:05:50.595961383 +0200
@@ -9,4 +9,8 @@
 
 USuspendMethod both
 
+## if needed, pass the --force option to s2both - typically when s2ram also needs 
+## this option (machine unknown) -
+# USuspendBothForce yes
+
 Include common.conf