On Sat, 2009-09-19 at 17:02 +0200, Trygve Laugstøl wrote:
> Sebastien Roy wrote:
> > On Sat, 2009-09-19 at 16:40 +0200, Trygve Laugstøl wrote:
> >> Hm, too bad. It would be very nice (for me at least) to be able to turn 
> >> machines on and off as I need them.
> >>
> >> I have a bunch of older, white label machines that I use to to large 
> >> scale test of distributed software on but I only need them now and them. 
> >> Too bad I don't have the knowledge to hack kernels :/ I'm willing to 
> >> test any solution if anyone else can develop it though!
> > 
> > Having systems connected to a remote power control unit is a good way to
> > do this in a generic way without being dependent on any OS feature.
> 
> True, but it is also more expensive and complicated as I have to first 
> shut down the computer, wait that to complete and then power it off.

Yep, just merely offering ideas for alternatives. :-)

-Seb


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