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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!
>
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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



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