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Originally posted by ngomong
Sounds like a cool project... I've read some of your posts here and there... I had no idea the end result was to be put into a car.
Coupla questions:
- What's it plugged into?
- Does it boot automatically... or do you boot up manually when you get in the car?
- What happens when you get to your destination? Perhaps you've got a shutdown "hotkey"?
Those are just the questions that popped into my head when I read your post... I can always wait for your full report when you get around to it. (Soon, I hope!)
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1. Well, I have it plugged into an DC/AC converter. It's a 300w so I will have no problems with power.
2. I boot it up manually by flipping the switch on the converter. This is my newest challenge on my project, and I am hopefully going to eventually have a button in the front of the vehicle to switch it on.
3. I press 'q' to quit the program, and the simple script (again thanks to Mik) then runs 'reboot'. Then after around 5 seconds, I reach back and turn off the converter. I have it running reboot because if I run 'halt' or something similar, then when I flip the switch to turn the converter on, it won't also boot the computer. I think that it works like it does (boots when I give it power) because it thinks there was a power outage and in the BIOS I have it set to autoboot when power is restored. If I issue halt it seems to not even care if there was a power outage since it was already off when I flipped the switch anyway.
If I could figure out how to make an extension cable for the ATX power switch then I could just leave the converter on (it didn't drain my battery during my 'test' week when I left it on all week without powering anything but a tiny cooling fan) and run 'halt'. Then all the controls would be in the front of the
truck, and no more reaching back to press the power switch.
But that and others are just future improvements I will be making, and I will keep you all updated. And I will let you all know when I get the project on the webpage up and ready for viewing.