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minus-squarestoy@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up26·2 days agoThere used to be… I have seen servers with optical drives rigged to press the power button of another server when the drive ejects it’s tray. Just SSH into it and run the eject command, wait a few min, run it again, then run it twice again. This would make it hold the button to power it off, release the button, and push it quickly again to power up the machine. Note that you need the old desktop style of optical drive with a powered tray for this to work
minus-squarethreelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·2 days ago optical drives rigged to press the power button of another server That’s simultaneously janky and genius. I love it.
minus-squareAngryCommieKender@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days agoIs that what they were “jousting” with at the beginning of the movie “Hackers?”
minus-squarestoy@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 days agoI don’t remember the scene, so I can’t say. Love the movie though! Hack the planet!
minus-squareLemminary@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 days agoHmm, that would really send a message to all my enemies…
There used to be…
I have seen servers with optical drives rigged to press the power button of another server when the drive ejects it’s tray.
Just SSH into it and run the eject command, wait a few min, run it again, then run it twice again.
This would make it hold the button to power it off, release the button, and push it quickly again to power up the machine.
Note that you need the old desktop style of optical drive with a powered tray for this to work
That’s simultaneously janky and genius. I love it.
Is that what they were “jousting” with at the beginning of the movie “Hackers?”
I don’t remember the scene, so I can’t say.
Love the movie though!
Hack the planet!
Hmm, that would really send a message to all my enemies…