Date: Mon, 21 Sep 2009 23:16:53 +0200 From: Rolf G Nielsen <listreader@lazlarlyricon.com> To: Roland Smith <rsmith@xs4all.nl> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Anselm Strauss <amsibamsi@gmail.com> Subject: Re: Wake up time Message-ID: <4AB7ED45.1030000@lazlarlyricon.com> In-Reply-To: <20090921210219.GA51109@slackbox.xs4all.nl> References: <1BBD8DB4-2229-42C8-BA25-2318A0FCB48C@gmail.com> <20090921210219.GA51109@slackbox.xs4all.nl>
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Roland Smith wrote: > On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 10:06:28PM +0200, Anselm Strauss wrote: >> Hi, >> >> anybody knows if it's possible to set BIOS wake up time in FreeBSD. I >> have a machine I would like to regularly shutdown and wake up at >> different times depending the on the day of week. > > The easy and cheap way to accomplish something like that is to put a timer > between the machine's power supply and the power outlet, and use a script > started at boot to switch the machine off in a controlled fashion after a > specified time before the timer runs out. > > The only inflexibility in this scheme is that timers usually require a time to > switch on and a time to switch off. So if you need the time that the machine > is "awake" variable, it won't be as easy. > > > Roland There are such timers, that run over a week rather than just 24 hours, and they can have different times each day. -- Rolf Nielsen
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