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Any Way To Boot a Mac From the Command Line
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I don't think so - when it's off, the ethernet hardware is off too. You can wake it from sleep however, using something like Remote Desktop or WakeOnMac.
No idea, but Google gave me this:
http://www.coriolis.ch/article18.html
EDIT: Totally didn't read the other posts, and this doesn't turn the Mac on anyway. Its a Monday.
http://www.coriolis.ch/article18.html
EDIT: Totally didn't read the other posts, and this doesn't turn the Mac on anyway. Its a Monday.
bobber205 said:
It's possible but requires a special card, and probably a special BIOS. I would be pretty surprised if the average, off-the-shelf mac could do this.
What's your goal? Are you trying to remote-boot a box after a power failure or something? If not, just keep the machine asleep and use one of the above-mentioned Wake-On-LAN solutions.
bobber205 said:
If you're asking about rebooting from command line, the shutdown command will do the trick.
However actually powering on a server remotely requires a lights out manager, which in the case of Apple are only available on XServes:
http://www.apple.com/xserve/management.html
Lights out managers are hardware devices, usually in the form of expansion cards, that have a network interface and are always powered on allowing complete remote management of the server. Desktop machines, whether PC or Mac, don't typically have this capability.
The business-class Dell boxes we have at work do indeed leave the ethernet interface active even when powered off. So, the machines can be started by sending a 'magic packet' to the machine's MAC address.
This is not possible on shut-down Macs. However, a 'sleeping' Mac can indeed be woken in the same way.
Having said that, neither the Dells nor Macs can be started with a magic packet (Wake on LAN) is they are connected via wireless. The wireless interface isn't kept active when off or asleep.
This is not possible on shut-down Macs. However, a 'sleeping' Mac can indeed be woken in the same way.
Having said that, neither the Dells nor Macs can be started with a magic packet (Wake on LAN) is they are connected via wireless. The wireless interface isn't kept active when off or asleep.
Here's an Idea!
Ok. Ok. Listen to this!
Is there a way to get my mac mini to turn off the display so that the sleep light doesn't shine. That would give the illusion of being off. (My mom doesn't like that light to be on)
Is there a way to make the shutdown command make the computer go to sleep instead?
Ok. Ok. Listen to this!
Is there a way to get my mac mini to turn off the display so that the sleep light doesn't shine. That would give the illusion of being off. (My mom doesn't like that light to be on)
Is there a way to make the shutdown command make the computer go to sleep instead?
