Date: Sat, 16 Jul 2011 23:07:07 -0500 From: Ryan Coleman <editor@d3photography.com> To: Joshua Isom <jrisom@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: how to force a hard reboot remotely Message-ID: <F3093523-400A-4D50-B8CE-AD7DF4A566AB@d3photography.com> In-Reply-To: <4E225EA4.9040507@gmail.com> References: <CAGBxaXnz3cD6ZKaDiDW_YEWpdhwjkAUBLM07T0_2NkpGc5QfmA@mail.gmail.com> <4E225EA4.9040507@gmail.com>
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On Jul 16, 2011, at 11:01 PM, Joshua Isom wrote: > On 7/16/2011 9:40 PM, Aryeh Friedman wrote: >> Is there any way to force a complete power down and then reset of a >> i386 without physically being present? >> _______________________________________________ >> freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to = "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >=20 > Odds are this would be a little bit of a hardware mod. Get a = microcontroller and a relay, and tell the microcontroller to kill power = to the system. Make sure in the BIOS you're set to restart when the = power comes back on. If that fails you'll need another relay to short = the on button. I don't know of anything in the computer that could be = easily used instead of a microcontroller. I think I kinda covered that with the UPS remote control thing...=20
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