Re: using cron to power up and down the machine with a dell inspiron 3500

2000-07-01 Thread Heather
> How do I make my dell inspiron 3500 start up to run certain > tasks and > then shut down again? On many systems, the CMOS has a feature to wait upon a time, then turn the system back on. This only works because the CMOS clock runs seperately of your computer. > I don't know tha

using cron to power up and down the machine with a dell inspiron 3500

2000-06-30 Thread brent harding
How do I make my dell inspiron 3500 start up to run certain tasks and then shut down again? I don't know that leaving laptops on all the time even if using AC power is a good idea, as it does get noticably warm after long use. I use a special speech patch called speakup that makes

using cron to power up and down the machine with a dell inspiron 3500

2000-06-30 Thread brent harding
How do I make my dell inspiron 3500 start up to run certain tasks and then shut down again? I don't know that leaving laptops on all the time even if using AC power is a good idea, as it does get noticably warm after long use. I use a special speech patch called speakup that makes