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Date:      Thu, 26 Feb 1998 11:16:13 +0100
From:      "Stefan Bethke" <stefan@promo.de>
To:        =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Dag-Erling_Coidan_Sm=AFrgrav?= <dag-erli@ifi.uio.no>, ABAMFICI@aol.com
Cc:        freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: single key shutdown | pulling the plug ideas...
Message-ID:  <254034.3097480573@stefan.promo.de>

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--On Mit, 25. Feb 1998 13:48 Uhr +0100 "Dag-Erling Coidan Sm¯rgrav"
<dag-erli@ifi.uio.no> 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


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