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Subject: Re: coming back up after power failure (UPS)
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On Wed, 8 Mar 2006 16:39:02 -0500 (EST)
Peter <petermatulis@yahoo.ca> wrote:

> On an updated 5.4 box I am using Network UPS Tools (NUT) with an APC
> Smart-UPS.
> 
> All is going very well but I cannot bring my box back up after
> simulating a power failure.  At the end of the shutdown the screen
> shows:
> 
> "Press any key to reboot"
> 
> Obviously this is not the desired outcome.
> 
> How can I get my system to go down completely?  Beyond this I
> understand there may be some BIOS adjustments to be made.

You should set up your UPS (via NUT) to kill power when you reach this
stage (and batteries are exhausted), and to restore power to the
computer when the line power is back again. And set you BIOS to always
on or last state or what ever you BIOS is calling it.

I can't say how to achieve this with NUT or if it's possible, but I'm
sure that sysutils/apcupsd can do it since I use (and maintain) that
port.

-- 
IOnut - Unregistered ;) FreeBSD "user"
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