Re: Scheduled Startup & Shutdown under Linux
Peter,
> Running MacOS 8.1 on my PowerMac 7300, I can use the "Scheduled Startup &
> Shutdown" section of the "Energy Saver" control panel to set my PowerMac to
> automatically boot up and shut down and specified times. I have
> successfully used cron to get Linux to automatically shut down at a
> specified time, but I haven't figured out how to get it to boot
> automatically. I have my PowerMac setup to boot into Linux by default, and
> I if boot into MacOS then shutdown, it will automatically boot at the
> specified time, and will boot into Linux. Unfortunately, when I shut down
> from Linux, the automatic boot doesn't happen. I'm guessing that MacOS
> does something when it shuts down to make the automatic boot happen, and
> Linux doesn't do this.
You are correct, Mac OS is modifying the part of NVRAM that controls the
automatic power-on function. But now Linux can to! See below.
> Does anybody know if there is a way to get my PowerMac to automatically
> boot at a specified time after Linux shuts down?
Although I haven't used it yet, I found a program called "pmacpow" that
can be used to set the next power up time on Power Macs. Found at:
<ftp://ppc.linux.or.jp/pub/users/toe/pmacpow-tool/>
Referenced on Linuxppc's Power Macintosh Development page at:
<http://linuxppc.org/dev/pmac/>
For interesting PowerPC "hacks" and other stuff see the LinuxPPC page at:
<http://linuxppc.org/> or <http://penguinppc.org/>
- Matt
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