16 Mar
2003
16 Mar
'03
21:25
I'm trying to get a script going that would shutdown my
linux system in case of emergency (like the CPU fan going bust).
I think if the CPU fan is going/goes, the system may shut itself down one way or another [however, unless you have an alarm on the CPU fan, most likely the only way you're going to know it stopped is when you smell/see smoke...]
Thanks Tom. Actually, Intel processors will shut themselves down in the case of a thermal emergency like this. I've had it happen twice - once on a Celeron 400 and once on a P3-1GHz. I don't think AMD has implemented this yet. -- John LeMay KC2KTH Senior Enterprise Consultant NJMC | http://www.njmc.com | Phone 732-557-4848 Specializing in Microsoft and Unix based solutions