From owner-freebsd-hackers Thu Feb 26 02:16:57 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id CAA26421 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Thu, 26 Feb 1998 02:16:57 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from schubert.promo.de (schubert.Promo.DE [194.45.188.65]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id CAA26414 for ; Thu, 26 Feb 1998 02:16:48 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from stefan@promo.de) Received: from stefan.promo.de (stefan.Promo.DE [194.45.188.81]) by schubert.promo.de (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id LAA15732; Thu, 26 Feb 1998 11:12:25 +0100 (MET) Date: Thu, 26 Feb 1998 11:16:13 +0100 From: "Stefan Bethke" To: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Dag-Erling_Coidan_Sm=AFrgrav?= , ABAMFICI@aol.com cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: single key shutdown | pulling the plug ideas... Message-ID: <254034.3097480573@stefan.promo.de> X-Mailer: Mulberry Demo (MacOS) [1.3.2, s/n Evaluation] X-Licensed-To: Unlicensed - for evaluation only MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by hub.freebsd.org id CAA26417 Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG --On Mit, 25. Feb 1998 13:48 Uhr +0100 "Dag-Erling Coidan Sm¯rgrav" wrote: > ABAMFICI@aol.com writes: >> source if you will, i.e. the plug coming out of the wall. The idea of taking >> out each individual plug (printer, monitor, comptuer, etc.) from the >> powerstrip is well, stupid. :) A small batter pack in the strip wouldn't >> necessarly be noticed, but I'm sure a large backup power box would which >> defeats the purpose of your demonstration if I recall correctly. > > I think you misunderstood. What he wanted was a simple way to shut > down FreeBSD gracefully (without suing to root and typing fasthalt) > because the personnel in charge of the machine at the trade show is > not competent enough to do so. > > In an ATX/APM system, it should be possible to keep the motherboard > from shutting off power when the on/off switch is pressed. You would > catch the event and wire it to fasthalt the way CTRL-ALT-DEL is wired > to fastboot. I'm now taking the easy road with an UPS. Basically, the personnel will pull the plug, and the system will run on the UPS' battery to shutdown itself via the UPS. Stefan -- Stefan Bethke Promo Datentechnik | Tel. +49-40-851744-18 + Systemberatung GmbH | Fax. +49-40-851744-44 Eduardstrasse 46-48 | e-mail: stefan@Promo.DE D-20257 Hamburg | http://www.Promo.DE/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message