Date: Mon, 15 Mar 1999 13:08:58 -0500 (EST) From: Chuck Robey <chuckr@mat.net> To: Steve Passe <smp@csn.net> Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: power-off without halt Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9903151307180.348-100000@picnic.mat.net> In-Reply-To: <199903151655.JAA28147@Ilsa.StevesCafe.com>
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On Mon, 15 Mar 1999, Steve Passe wrote: > Hi, > > We are looking at using FreeBSD as an "embedded OS" inside a line > of instruments we are building. I think I have a handle on all the > issues except how to cleanly handle shutdown where there is no > console, and thus no way to send a 'halt' command. The requirement > is that the user can merely turn off the power, nothing more required. > > I can modify the disk setup, kernel/util code as needed, I just need some > idea for a workable solution. Has anyone delt with this problem before? Interesting. What kind of use is made of local disk? Could you use local disk read only, and just use a mfs partition to work out of? ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- Chuck Robey | Interests include any kind of voice or data chuckr@glue.umd.edu | communications topic, C programming, and Unix. 213 Lakeside Drive Apt T-1 | Greenbelt, MD 20770 | I run picnic (FreeBSD-current) (301) 220-2114 | and jaunt (Solaris7). ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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