From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed Feb 25 10:11:15 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id KAA10257 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Wed, 25 Feb 1998 10:11:15 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from alpo.whistle.com (alpo.whistle.com [207.76.204.38]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id KAA10187 for ; Wed, 25 Feb 1998 10:10:30 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from julian@whistle.com) Received: (from daemon@localhost) by alpo.whistle.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) id KAA23881; Wed, 25 Feb 1998 10:06:31 -0800 (PST) Received: from UNKNOWN(), claiming to be "current1.whistle.com" via SMTP by alpo.whistle.com, id smtpd023878; Wed Feb 25 10:06:30 1998 Date: Wed, 25 Feb 1998 10:02:27 -0800 (PST) From: Julian Elischer To: Dag-Erling Coidan Sm?rgrav cc: ABAMFICI@aol.com, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: single key shutdown | pulling the plug ideas... In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG with soft-updates on -current it should be safe to do nothing for 30 seconds and then just pull the plug. On 25 Feb 1998, Dag-Erling Coidan Sm?rgrav wrote: > ABAMFICI@aol.com writes: > > source if you will, i.e. the plug coming out of the wall. The idea of taking > > out each individual plug (printer, monitor, comptuer, etc.) from the > > powerstrip is well, stupid. :) A small batter pack in the strip wouldn't > > necessarly be noticed, but I'm sure a large backup power box would which > > defeats the purpose of your demonstration if I recall correctly. > > I think you misunderstood. What he wanted was a simple way to shut > down FreeBSD gracefully (without suing to root and typing fasthalt) > because the personnel in charge of the machine at the trade show is > not competent enough to do so. > > In an ATX/APM system, it should be possible to keep the motherboard > from shutting off power when the on/off switch is pressed. You would > catch the event and wire it to fasthalt the way CTRL-ALT-DEL is wired > to fastboot. > > -- > "I have a closed mind. It helps keeping the rain out." (Michael Press on a.s.r) > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message