Mills wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 05, 2009 at 09:20:57PM +0000, Leo wrote:
>> Does anyone know if it's possible to enable the ability for a computer
>> to switch on after it's lost power (and obviously got it back again)
>> from within Linux. (I know how to do it in the BIOS.) If so how?
>
> The behaviour on recovery after power loss is a BIOS feature, and
> has nothing to do with the OS installed on the machine. Your only
> option is to set it in the BIOS.
>
> It is conceivable that it might be possible to identify the
> relevant bits in the CMOS memory that controls the feature, and then
> use the CMOS driver in Linux to flip the bits to the right state, but
> that's simply equivalent to rebooting the machine and changing the
> BIOS setting. Note that the storage of BIOS settings are likely to be
> highly machine-specific, and so no general-purpose tool is likely to
> be safe or reliable for the job.
>
> Hugo.
>
Oh, OK. I thought as you can set things like WOL and the alarm time to
wake on, in Linux, that it might be possible to set this as well. Never
mind.
Leo
