From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Sep 21 21:16:57 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0BBBB1065670 for ; Mon, 21 Sep 2009 21:16:57 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from listreader@lazlarlyricon.com) Received: from proxy3.bredband.net (proxy3.bredband.net [195.54.101.73]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BB8CA8FC0C for ; Mon, 21 Sep 2009 21:16:56 +0000 (UTC) Received: from iph1.telenor.se (195.54.127.132) by proxy3.bredband.net (7.3.140.3) id 49F597CD03AD6FA7 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Mon, 21 Sep 2009 23:16:55 +0200 X-SMTPAUTH-B2: X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AndhAK6Jt0pV44BwPGdsb2JhbACBU4gPkQkBAQEBN7cdhBsF X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.44,426,1249250400"; d="scan'208";a="46418453" Received: from c-7080e355.09-42-6e6b7010.cust.bredbandsbolaget.se (HELO lazlar.kicks-ass.net) ([85.227.128.112]) by iph1.telenor.se with ESMTP; 21 Sep 2009 23:16:54 +0200 Message-ID: <4AB7ED45.1030000@lazlarlyricon.com> Date: Mon, 21 Sep 2009 23:16:53 +0200 From: Rolf G Nielsen User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.23 (X11/20090831) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Roland Smith References: <1BBD8DB4-2229-42C8-BA25-2318A0FCB48C@gmail.com> <20090921210219.GA51109@slackbox.xs4all.nl> In-Reply-To: <20090921210219.GA51109@slackbox.xs4all.nl> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Anselm Strauss Subject: Re: Wake up time X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 21 Sep 2009 21:16:57 -0000 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