Date: Sat, 17 Jun 1995 19:19:29 -0400 From: dennis@et.htp.com (dennis) To: inet-access@earth.com Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Hardware Reboots Message-ID: <199506172319.TAA21858@mail.htp.com>
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>Apparently, many have misunderstood my request. I apologize if I >wasn't clear. I'll try again. > >I can't use reboot(8) or shutdown(8) as these only do a "warm boot" >(i.e. equivalent to ctrl-alt-del in DOS). I need the hardware reset >associated with a "cold boot" (i.e. equiv. to power cycle or reset >button). I need to be able to do this remotely without physical >assistance at the box. > >I know there is software to do this in DOS, so I'm hoping that there >is a way under BSD/OS. Any ideas? > There is no soft way to do a hard boot. Perhaps I could get some feedback on what interest might be for the following product: One of our sync cards has a "watchdog timer", which can be set to "hard reboot" the PC if no interrupt is received for X seconds. (there is a jumper on the board which connects to the reset pins on your MB). If you run a simple utility you can set the timeout to ~0 and hard reboot the machine on demand. Now you probably don't want to buy a sync card for $500. to get this. But if a stripped down card (for say $150) was available would there be interest? It would be very easy to do. Dennis Emerging Technologies, Inc.
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