Switching on and off...

ec3042 · 01-08-2005, 03:29 AM

I _think_ this is probably the right forum....

Basically I have an old PC running linux that I just want to use a) to mess about with, and b) to backup my stuff onto.

Question is, is there anyway I can get the PC to sleep most of the time, wake up in the middle of the night and back up stuff from my main PC (which is always on anyway), and then switch itself off/sleep again?

Thanks!

acid_kewpie · 01-08-2005, 04:17 AM

only way i'm really aware of is some external wakeup signal, e.g. wake on lan. http://www.scyld.com/wakeonlan.html the newer the machine is, the more liekly you are to be able to do this.