From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jul 17 03:31:54 2011 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 8993D1065672 for ; Sun, 17 Jul 2011 03:31:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from btillman99@yahoo.com) Received: from nm13-vm0.bullet.mail.bf1.yahoo.com (nm13-vm0.bullet.mail.bf1.yahoo.com [98.139.213.79]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 2A67C8FC1A for ; Sun, 17 Jul 2011 03:31:53 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [98.139.212.153] by nm13.bullet.mail.bf1.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 17 Jul 2011 03:31:53 -0000 Received: from [98.139.212.201] by tm10.bullet.mail.bf1.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 17 Jul 2011 03:31:53 -0000 Received: from [127.0.0.1] by omp1010.mail.bf1.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 17 Jul 2011 03:31:53 -0000 X-Yahoo-Newman-Property: ymail-3 X-Yahoo-Newman-Id: 458563.22829.bm@omp1010.mail.bf1.yahoo.com Received: (qmail 70734 invoked by uid 60001); 17 Jul 2011 03:31:52 -0000 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=yahoo.com; s=s1024; t=1310873512; bh=OWWOSssqVM8o6tNMFEAPCQt75jCJDpE7YjZPQJLHYr4=; h=X-YMail-OSG:Received:X-Mailer:References:Message-ID:Date:From:Subject:To:In-Reply-To:MIME-Version:Content-Type; b=5LpYMfCx/2G9UzqzljUNbPjR/nmOOOKI3ZrxxXjzcmLFRlqPofkvJBkXsC9PeKif2PCAInyoM/KgDBCKrxyAKPHy81jByE/UyeitEzY5Wktm9eR6sTqG26w0475qGMQ3cqOp8H64bYEAWtTdoYSy3mJkb8XoCIeR5zYaYyLq0PA= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.com; h=X-YMail-OSG:Received:X-Mailer:References:Message-ID:Date:From:Subject:To:In-Reply-To:MIME-Version:Content-Type; b=DWy3+Y0/2L4uhZ+z7EcEgFynb049xF/ERhKoM2j4ihiwHVkac+gWoKmqNJQNBAE9xXk7w/oCtPK66I/Bonq09HfoOC5qFSf94JTXt99QTX7QsCB33yzzwHpVQONSUzpaRkMVZ6advXEMnSNfvL2TsOTiQGef4ReogSuDYTc91uU=; X-YMail-OSG: yfKvmFoVM1lF6CpYmEk23dVyfYJk5oSoN_B_p.Oao64wGLH Mr5_ExJZzrj3KxU5lnRnK_x1y.xhcZBKIT9wb3TlIwcRwvQ2lzzeOSf4993H n5duEpmmdq3JCLb9Lf34aBkfpFw_i93crbSZiulTv6juYlCGpfKby3XUm82B kmJ5A4Jqt5qPBTSeFQLa9RKDTWk_umQ6YNVsisbkB9mHG1uGv895R0DLFes2 7dHPPZjR9d5jUBbvwy4GELJuiha.J_4VFBf1M64FgTHsCAngu6TxpqRvWcM9 g99NlngpYKM1bZJqy4wnNCakQYdLFjqnXjGwU8deB44cNL3PZD9GL5PZ6qAK 7N8.c6kTguvtYcZv6.G4EN7tDphGEyWFehANmJXcCfBZOlPWSZEor3ms- Received: from [76.186.244.148] by web36508.mail.mud.yahoo.com via HTTP; Sat, 16 Jul 2011 20:31:52 PDT X-Mailer: YahooMailRC/572 YahooMailWebService/0.8.112.307740 References: Message-ID: <1310873512.63641.YahooMailRC@web36508.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Date: Sat, 16 Jul 2011 20:31:52 -0700 (PDT) From: Bill Tillman To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Subject: Re: how to force a hard reboot remotely 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: Sun, 17 Jul 2011 03:31:54 -0000 ________________________________ From: Aryeh Friedman To: FreeBSD Mailing List Sent: Sat, July 16, 2011 10:40:19 PM Subject: how to force a hard reboot remotely Is there any way to force a complete power down and then reset of a i386 without physically being present? _______________________________________________ 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" WOW! That's a tall order. A reboot from remote is simple, but a cold boot....I don't think that's possible unless you have some kind of Wake-On-Lan capable NIC which could detect a connection attempt while the machine is off. I can't say that for sure because what you've got to remember is that with a cold boot, the machine will no longer remember what OS it was running until it reboots. My advice would be to get to the console if you absolutely have to cold boot it. Or call someone nearby the console and have the actually turn the machine off, wait the obligatory 30 seconds and then restart it. Someone else may have a better idea.