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Re:Saving Energy: Home Server That Automatically Suspends to... by deadbeeves on Tuesday February 14, 2023 @09:05PM (#34799126)
>Does Time Machine run on a schedule? Add a cron job (whatever the Mac equivalent is) to send a WoL ~1min beforehand?

I believe on x86 the BIOS supports setting a timer for self-wakeup. The OS can tell the BIOS "I'm going to sleep. Pull me out of sleep if the RTC passes this datetime."

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Re:Saving Energy: Home Server That Automatically Suspends to... by dicknuckle on Tuesday February 14, 2023 @09:50PM (#34799402)
Of all the x86 type BIOS and EFI, I've never seen one that didn't support that. Even thinclients and things you'd expect to leave that feature out.
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Re:Saving Energy: Home Server That Automatically Suspends to... by Zardoz84 on Wednesday February 15, 2023 @02:35AM (#34801084)
I see BIOS not supporting it back in the 90's
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