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Date:      Wed, 22 Mar 2000 15:08:24 -0800 (PST)
From:      Doug Barton <Doug@gorean.org>
To:        chris@cwaiken.com
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: New FreeBSD Help Needed
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0003221507130.82711-100000@dt051n0b.san.rr.com>
In-Reply-To: <20000322194408.26581.cpmta@c017.sfo.cp.net>

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On 22 Mar 2000 chris@cwaiken.com wrote:

> 
> Sorry to bother you.  As a new FreeBSD user I posted
> several questions on comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc that
> have gone unanswered, so I thought I would give you a 
> try.
> 
> 1)  My FreeBSD box is up and running 24/7.  My wife 
> knows absolutely nothing about computers.  I would like
> to set the F12 or Ctrl-Alt-Del key up to do a system
> "halt" so that when I'm at the office and we have a
> storm in our area, my wife could just press F12 or
> Crtl-Alt-Del and safely "halt" my system w/o file 
> system damage.  Can this be easily done? I tried editing
> the keyboard file w/o any luck.

	CAD does a safe reboot now. Just tell her to turn it off when the
BIOS screen appears. 

	Your other questions are answered on the web site. 

Good luck,

Doug
-- 
    "So, the cows were part of a dream that dreamed itself into existence,
is that possible?"
    The master simply replied, "Mu."




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