Re: Suppressing the "press any key to reboot"-message

["Christopher D. Palmer" <palmercd@cox.net>]

On Sat, Feb 14, 2004 at 05:25:48PM +0100, daniel alvarez wrote:
>
> I have trouble with an OpenBSD 3.4 server that I need to reboot 
> remotely using ssh. Every time I issue a reboot/shutdown/halt
> command the machine goes down as expected, and then just does
> not start up again. I guess it's prompting at the local console for
> confirmation, as it does when shutting down the system locally.
> So I end up doing a service call each time I change the system 
> configuration, and have the service staff press the power button.
> 
> rc/rc.conf/rc.local/rc.conf.local should be healthy, as the system
> starts up perfectly then.
> 
> I guess I just missed something trivial, but searching the docs,
> manpages and web did not get me any further.
> 
> What is the usual way to reboot the system remotely?
> 
> Any help is much appreciated.

I don't have that problem with my OpenBSD 3.4 box.

I SSH into the remote system, make any necessary changes, and if
a system restart is nessary, issue command 'reboot'.  The system
comes right back up.

You might want to check the BIOS.  Some have settings for what to
do in case of a power failure, which 'reboot' is not.

-- 
Christopher D. Palmer