[ale] Running a hands off remote Linux installation

[Boris Borisov]

Way back some small ISPs were using customized prepaid cell phone (I
think some wires were coming out from vibration motor) next to remote
switch to reboot it after power surge or outage.

Not kidding here :)

On 7/31/12, Michael H. Warfield <mhw at wittsend.com> wrote:
> On Tue, 2012-07-31 at 11:31 -0400, Jim Lynch wrote:
>> On 07/31/2012 10:30 AM, simontek at gmail.com wrote:
>> > Who shuts off a server? Get a server with amt or pmi built in. Allows
>> > you to log in, and turn on a machine that is turned off
>> The scenario is that the computer senses the power is gone and does an
>> orderly shutdown before the UPS battery dies.  That's why it's shut off.
>
>> I guess I'm not going to do it since all the solutions so far include
>> spending big bucks.  I had hoped I could just use a spare system I have
>> sitting around.
>
> 1) You haven't defined just what constitutes "big bucks".
>
> 2) You say a spare system but the problem depends HEAVILY on the
> capability of said spare system.
>
> * Does it support power recovery in "Always Power On"?
>
> Cheap.  $0 solution.
>
> * Does it support Wake-On-Lan?
>
> Still cheap.  Under $100 solution.  Maybe a little more if you toss in a
> serial to USB adapter for a remote serial console (I would).
>
> * Does it support timed wakeups?
>
> Another $0 Solution.
>
> There's a variety of ways you can do this but it depends on the
> capability of the machine you have in mind.
>
>> Thanks,
>
>> Jim.
>
> Regards,
> Mike
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