Date: Sat, 16 Jul 2011 20:31:52 -0700 (PDT) From: Bill Tillman <btillman99@yahoo.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: how to force a hard reboot remotely Message-ID: <1310873512.63641.YahooMailRC@web36508.mail.mud.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <CAGBxaXnz3cD6ZKaDiDW_YEWpdhwjkAUBLM07T0_2NkpGc5QfmA@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAGBxaXnz3cD6ZKaDiDW_YEWpdhwjkAUBLM07T0_2NkpGc5QfmA@mail.gmail.com>
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________________________________ From: Aryeh Friedman <aryeh.friedman@gmail.com> To: FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Sent: Sat, July 16, 2011 10:40:19 PM Subject: how to force a hard reboot remotely Is there any way to force a complete power down and then reset of a i386 without physically being present? _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" WOW! That's a tall order. A reboot from remote is simple, but a cold boot....I don't think that's possible unless you have some kind of Wake-On-Lan capable NIC which could detect a connection attempt while the machine is off. I can't say that for sure because what you've got to remember is that with a cold boot, the machine will no longer remember what OS it was running until it reboots. My advice would be to get to the console if you absolutely have to cold boot it. Or call someone nearby the console and have the actually turn the machine off, wait the obligatory 30 seconds and then restart it. Someone else may have a better idea.
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