Power Question (a bit OT)

[akonstam at trinity.edu]

On Tue, Mar 14, 2006 at 09:32:32AM -0500, Tom Spec wrote:
> Can anyone tell me what it is within a machine that gets it to boot up again after it has lost power?  
>   
>   I have some machines where, if we have a power outage it will crash,  but then immediately boot up once power is restored.  I have  others that crash and need to be manually powered on when the power is  restored.  Is there a name for this feature?  Is there a way  for me to tell how a machine will behave in this regard without  actually yanking the power to find out?
>   
>   Thanks,
>   Tom
>   
> 
The feature is in the BIOS of the machine and can be configured to
work either way.
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Aaron Konstam
Computer Science
Trinity University
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