Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2000 15:08:24 -0800 (PST) From: Doug Barton <Doug@gorean.org> To: chris@cwaiken.com Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: New FreeBSD Help Needed Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0003221507130.82711-100000@dt051n0b.san.rr.com> In-Reply-To: <20000322194408.26581.cpmta@c017.sfo.cp.net>
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On 22 Mar 2000 chris@cwaiken.com wrote:
>
> Sorry to bother you. As a new FreeBSD user I posted
> several questions on comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc that
> have gone unanswered, so I thought I would give you a
> try.
>
> 1) My FreeBSD box is up and running 24/7. My wife
> knows absolutely nothing about computers. I would like
> to set the F12 or Ctrl-Alt-Del key up to do a system
> "halt" so that when I'm at the office and we have a
> storm in our area, my wife could just press F12 or
> Crtl-Alt-Del and safely "halt" my system w/o file
> system damage. Can this be easily done? I tried editing
> the keyboard file w/o any luck.
CAD does a safe reboot now. Just tell her to turn it off when the
BIOS screen appears.
Your other questions are answered on the web site.
Good luck,
Doug
--
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is that possible?"
The master simply replied, "Mu."
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