Date: Sat, 12 Dec 1998 13:10:52 -0500 From: "Gary Palmer" <gpalmer@FreeBSD.ORG> To: jfesler@gigo.com Cc: Warner Losh <imp@village.org>, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: PAO Integration? Message-ID: <61364.913486252@gjp.erols.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 10 Dec 1998 17:48:20 PST." <Pine.BSF.4.00.9812101745280.18110-100000@heaven.gigo.com>
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jfesler@gigo.com wrote in message ID <Pine.BSF.4.00.9812101745280.18110-100000@heaven.gigo.com>: > > Why? Traditionally Unix hasn't run on hardware that has software > > power off. Who can say what traditional unix is when the hardware has > > a new feature? > > Solaris on Sun equipment has been doing it a long time. I can telnet, > shutdown with a state of 5, and bewm, buh-bye power. Workstations can be > turned back on via keyboard; the servers I've used actually physically > throws a power switch that has to be manually switched back on. > > Considering the age of the equipment and the OS level I'm using, I can > safely say it's been doing it many years :-). Also consider that it has some serious bugs ... do shutdown -g0 -i5 -y on a UltraSPARC 5 and it'll power down quite happily. If its headless, you're also screwed as it needs a *keyboard* which has the power switch in the corner before it'll switch back on. The power button on the front is useless. *sigh* But you are right, shutdown -i5 is nice. On the other hand, it is *not* the default action of halt or shutdown.... Gary -- Gary Palmer FreeBSD Core Team Member FreeBSD: Turning PC's into workstations. See http://www.FreeBSD.ORG/ for info To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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