Lenovo Ideacentre - how to start on power application?

[Colin Law]

On Thu, 17 Oct 2024 at 17:15, Colin Law <clanlaw at gmail.com> wrote:
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> > Is there some setting that can be made on this machine that tells it to start if
> > power has been cycled? I.e. when power unexpectedly disappears and then returns
> > again it should start up normally.
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> Another possibility, if you have another machine on the network that
> *does* start up (a Pi for example), is to use Wake On Lan. Install
> etherwake on the pi, then you can use wakeonlan sent every 10 minutes,
> or whatever, to start the server up.

In fact I have just checked my notes, and I do the wake by running
etherwake in a router that runs openwrt. It uses a cron task every 5
mins to send the wake.

I am glad that you have reminded me of this as I was thinking of
retiring the router, an ancient BT Home Hub 5 A, so I may have to
rethink that.

Colin L.

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> Colin L.