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Date:      Fri, 13 Feb 2004 17:05:52 +0000
From:      Dave <xtalsinger@blueyonder.co.uk>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: "shutdown -p now" causes auto power up at midnight
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On Fri, 13 Feb 2004 06:01:29 -0800 (PST), you wrote:

>when i "shutdown -p now" the system powers off, then at
>exactly midnight the system powers on.  does the now/0
>become a boot time instead of a shutdown time on some
>systems?

Check the BIOS settings for "Wake up time", "wake on alarm" or similar.
The default time is 00:00:00 so if you've enabled it it will switch on at
midnight :-)

Dave

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