Thanks for all of the responses. This HOWTO looks really good and exactly what I was looking for.
Thanks again all, -Andres -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Jared Ottley Sent: Friday, November 09, 2007 12:18 PM To: Provo Linux Users Group Mailing List Subject: Re: shut down without shutdown take a look at this http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Shutdown_headless_server_when_power- button_pressed Jared On Nov 9, 2007, at 10:09 AM, Andres Gonzalez wrote: > I am working on a dedicated file server using RAID-1 and mdadm. I want > to be able to run this box without a monitor and keyboard. Also, it > will not be running 24/7. > > Is there any clean way to turn off the box without using the normal > shutdown? Since I will not be using a keyboard/monitor, I need a way > to power down gracefully at the end of the day without first executing > the shutdown command with a keyboard. > > I would think that the embedded linux camp would have crossed this > issue by now. > > I can think of some kludgy ways to do this, but I would rather not > resort to that. > > Thanks, > > -Andres > > > > > /* > PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net > Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug > Don't fear the penguin. > */ /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */ /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
