Date: Sat, 16 Jul 2011 22:39:06 -0500 From: Ryan Coleman <editor@d3photography.com> To: Bill Tillman <btillman99@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: how to force a hard reboot remotely Message-ID: <CAC724AA-7EDB-427E-9EE7-CE2969775026@d3photography.com> In-Reply-To: <1310873512.63641.YahooMailRC@web36508.mail.mud.yahoo.com> References: <CAGBxaXnz3cD6ZKaDiDW_YEWpdhwjkAUBLM07T0_2NkpGc5QfmA@mail.gmail.com> <1310873512.63641.YahooMailRC@web36508.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
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When bottom replying, please clear the header and signature - thanks. You can set up a BIOS boot time, if you can get onsite... that would = allow you to power it down at, say, 11:59PM and have it power back on at = Midnight. Or a UPS that's controlled by another machine. Or the magic packet WOL = option... but those require another machine. Maybe a switch or router = than can send WOL packets would be a possibility? -- Ryan On Jul 16, 2011, at 10:31 PM, Bill Tillman wrote: >=20 > WOW! That's a tall order. A reboot from remote is simple, but a cold = boot....I=20 > don't think that's possible unless you have some kind of Wake-On-Lan = capable NIC=20 > which could detect a connection attempt while the machine is off. I = can't say=20 > that for sure because what you've got to remember is that with a cold = boot, the=20 > machine will no longer remember what OS it was running until it = reboots. My=20 > advice would be to get to the console if you absolutely have to cold = boot it. Or=20 > call someone nearby the console and have the actually turn the machine = off, wait=20 > the obligatory 30 seconds and then restart it. Someone else may have a = better=20 > idea. > _______________________________________________ > 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"
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