I just got a server up ten minutes ago, and noticed there was a 'wake on alarm' setting in the bios. It looked like it was used to wake the computer up at certain times (it had a clock underneath). You may have something similar in your bios, otherwise you could always try 'Wake on LAN' which is basically sending a network packet from another PC to the server to tell it to turn on.
Simon Wears munkyju...@gmail.com http://MunkyJunky.com | http://Twitter.com/MunkyJunky MunkyJunky on irc.freenode.net On 19 Apr 2009, at 17:50, "Ian Pascoe" <softy.lofty....@btinternet.com> wrote: > Hi Folks > > Some thoughts please. > > I'm trying to find a way to automajically power up and down my home > server > as both my partner and I commute to work each day, and most weekend > daytimes > we're flitting in and out so wouldn't be using the home file and print > server until the evenings. > > I have a timer on my router which works well for us, but the server > is a bit > of a headache. I don't want to leave it on whilst we're not there > so am > looking for a way to be able to turn it on and off at specified times. > > I'm thinking that a Krone job could be used to turn it off, but > don't know > which commands to use to ensure that it shuts down properly. I > suspect that > for turning on, I need to set something in the BIOS so that as soon > as the > power is turned on by the timer, the server comes up too. > > The server is currently an old P5 mini tower and draws quite a > current, by > comparison to the Viglen MPC-L for example, and it seems rather > silly to > have it on when there's no use for it. - I have no need at present to > remotely access the server. > > It's currently running Ubuntu Server 8.10 with the SAMBA file / > printer > server. > > Cheers > > Ian > > > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
