Re: [K12OSN] Power Off / Dell Optiplex
Eric Harrison (eharrison@mail.mesd.k12.or.us)
Tue, 26 Mar 2002 08:07:08 -0800 (PST)
On Tue, 26 Mar 2002, Jon Harder wrote:
>I have a lab with dual boot ( RedHat 7.1 / W98 ) Dell Optiplex
>GX150s. I have a problem with kids pressing the power button
>and causing Linux to shutdown ungracefully.
>
>Is there a way for APM or something similar to intercept the
>power button activity and ignore it or do something better
>than an immediate poweroff?
On my laptop this is a bios setting. It is likely to be the same on
a desktop (but I'm a server guy, I configure things to ALWAYS be on ;-).
Worse case, upgrade to Red Hat 7.2. RH72 defaults to ext3, which
greatly reduces the amount of time it takes to reboot after an
unclean shutdown.
-Eric
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