Restart after power failure

[gtsupport]

Basically as the thread title really, I want to make my core automatically restart after a power failure in the home.  Is there any way to do this, i.e by wake on lan, as I know the router and switch automatically come on after power is restored, or perhaps a better way that somebody knows?

TIA.

Matt.

[Marie.O]

Most BIOSs allow a setting like Restart on Powerloss or similar.

The BIOS is your friend. What mainboard do you have?

[gtsupport]

Hi Posde,

The motherboard is a Asus M4A87TD Evo AMD 870.  I'm currently at work, wife phoned to say there was a power out, and now can't use the linuxmce.  I tried logging into it from work, but turns out it hasn't switched itself back on.  Will go through the bios when I get home and have a good look.  Google searches suggested that I need a UPS, but 99% of results were Windows or Mac based answers, I know that you can get a lot more from your hardware with Linux.

If I have no joy in the bios, I'll keep digging.
Thanks again.
Matt

[cfernandes]

hi

you can configure a wol ( wake on lan ) over internet .

i used  this tutorial  and work for me

http://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/WOL

Carlos

[Marie.O]

gtsupport,

BIOS / Power / APM Configuration / Restore On AC Power Loss - change to Power On

[purps]

If you find that your house is subject to power spikes, etc a small UPS might be a good idea anyway, as it will smooth things out. Plus you get the added bonus of a little bit of battery-powered run time, which if it runs out, isn't a problem as your BIOS will turn it back on again!

Cheers,
Matt.

[bushtech]

Mine comes on after a power spike OK, but how do I get it to boot through the password? Do I have to disable the password request request on bootup? How?

Thanks

[Marie.O]

What password are you talking about?

[bushtech]

Ooops! Duh

Got confused between my ubuntu server and lmce machine.

Sorry

[gtsupport]

Thanks for all the posts, the option was indeed where Posde said it would be, and I altered it last night.  I checked the bios in my work laptop, and that function doesn't appear, guess its too old.  Anyway all is good now, and hopefully this will be an ex-problem.

Thanks again.

Matt.

[Techstyle]

After last summer when my power was knocked out (for a few seconds at time) 3 or 4 times I invested in a UPS.  The last time this happened I was unable to restart, it had corrupted my install.  A re-install took care of it.

I strongly recommend the use of a UPS for your core