[ALUG] Suspend/hibernate on a desktop system, easy?, possible?

[Mark Rogers]

Chris G wrote:
> All it needs is a time clock to power it up at 02:00, the BIOS set up
> to start up on power arriving and a cron job to shut the system down
> at 04:00, then the time clock removes power some time after.
>   

Then one day the server boots up, decides to do a scan of the disks, 
takes its time, and power is cut half way through a backup. Or something.

I really wouldn't risk killing the power using a timer in this way. 
There'll always be a reason why it might shut off mid-way through 
something. Not unless your backups aren't important!

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