On Thu, 31 Aug 2006 19:20:58 -0500, ibuprofin@painkiller.example.tld (Moe Trin) wrote:

>On 30 Aug 2006, in the Usenet newsgroup comp.os.linux.setup, in article
><1156979187.726537.260980@74g2000cwt.googlegroups .com>, dmedhora@gmail.com
>wrote:
>
>>I would like to reboot/halt my system when I press the reset
>>button ( beside the power button) on my computer.
>
>Assumption: x86 type system (there is no reset button on a Mac, or most
>other hardware that I'm aware of).

x86 here...

Additional info (agree with what Moe wrote), the reset button is last
resort -- properly setup power button (BIOS -> 4 second delay, ACPI
setup) will trigger graceful powerdown on quick push, and power off
when held for 4 seconds. So power button behaves like Ctrl-Alt-Del.

I use reiserfs3 and have not lost file to unexpected loss of power,
I do kernel testing, sometimes need to hit reset...

Also, some devices seem not to be hooked to the /RESET signal you
describe, these need a complete power disconnect and then wait for
5V-standby to run down, power up to get 'proper' power-on reset.
Noticed with some NICs, powered up all the time for 'wake-on-LAN'.

Cheers,
Grant.
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