From owner-freebsd-current Sat Dec 12 10:11:11 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id KAA13291 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Sat, 12 Dec 1998 10:11:11 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from gjp.erols.com (alex-va-n008c079.moon.jic.com [206.156.18.89]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id KAA13286 for ; Sat, 12 Dec 1998 10:11:10 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gjp@gjp.erols.com) Received: from gjp.erols.com (localhost.erols.com [127.0.0.1]) by gjp.erols.com (8.9.1/8.8.7) with ESMTP id NAA61368; Sat, 12 Dec 1998 13:10:52 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from gjp@gjp.erols.com) X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.1 12/23/97 To: jfesler@gigo.com cc: Warner Losh , current@FreeBSD.ORG From: "Gary Palmer" Subject: Re: PAO Integration? In-reply-to: Your message of "Thu, 10 Dec 1998 17:48:20 PST." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Sat, 12 Dec 1998 13:10:52 -0500 Message-ID: <61364.913486252@gjp.erols.com> Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG jfesler@gigo.com wrote in message ID : > > 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