Date: Fri, 17 Dec 1999 21:36:43 -0500 From: Walter Brameld <brameld@twave.net> To: Yaroslav Terletsky <ts@polynet.lviv.ua> Cc: Marc Wandschneider <marcw@lanfear.com>, FreeBSD Questions Mailing List <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: auto power on with ATX cases? Message-ID: <385AF33B.ECCC79FD@twave.net> References: <Pine.BSF.3.96.991217145711.60462B-100000@NetSurfer.lp.lviv.ua>
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Yaroslav Terletsky wrote: > Hi Marc, > > This feature is BIOS specific, if you have AWARD BIOS look for > "Power Loss Restart" feature in "Power Management" and set it to "Enable". > > And what I would like to know is why FreeBSD does not turn power off > using "halt -p" as the man page says. Windows makes this pretty easy. > > == > ts > > > so, despite not being really specific to FreeBSD, I figured I'd see if > > anybody here knew the answer: > > > > Is there any way to make an ATX case automatically power up whenever the > > power comes back on? my server right now is in one of these cases, and > > whenever the power goes off, the UPS kicks in, so for short failures, > > there isn't a problem. However, if it's off long enough, off goes the > > computer, and when it comes back on, the computer doesn't start back up > > again. > > > > Is there any way to set it so that it will? > > > > Thanks! > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message Odd....it works on mine. I'm running an Abit BX6.0 Revision 2 Mobo with APM BIOS version 1.2. Works like a champ. Walter To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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