From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Oct 30 07:40:59 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id HAA22057 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Fri, 30 Oct 1998 07:40:59 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from ns.cityip.co.za (ns.cityip.co.za [196.25.223.140]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id HAA22052 for ; Fri, 30 Oct 1998 07:40:54 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from wjv@cityip.co.za) Received: from wjv by ns.cityip.co.za with local (Exim 1.82 #2) id 0zZGeu-0004to-00; Fri, 30 Oct 1998 17:40:16 +0200 Message-ID: <19981030174016.B18795@cityip.co.za> Date: Fri, 30 Oct 1998 17:40:16 +0200 From: Johann Visagie To: Patrik Kudo , questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: shutdown and power-cut Mail-Followup-To: Patrik Kudo , questions@FreeBSD.ORG References: <3639976D.2D317247@partitur.se> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.91.1i In-Reply-To: <3639976D.2D317247@partitur.se>; from Patrik Kudo on Fri, Oct 30, 1998 at 11:39:41AM +0100 X-PGP: ftp://ftp.cityip.co.za/users/wjv/pubkey.asc Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Fri, 30 Oct 1998 at 11:39 SAT, Patrik Kudo wrote: > > Unfortunately I can't be here (with the servers) at the time of the > powercut, > so I'm trying to figure out a way to keep the servers shut down for the > entire > 4 hour period, even if the power comes back up for a while during that > time. > > Is there any "standard" way to do this? If not, would it be a good idea The most "standard" way would probably be to buy a UPS that's supported by upsd, and then utilise the aforementioned upsd. It's in the ports. (Isn't everything?) -- V Johann Visagie | wjv@CityIP.co.za | Tel: +27 21 419-7878 | ICQ: 20645559 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message