From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Sep 27 8: 7:55 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AA73F37B401 for ; Fri, 27 Sep 2002 08:07:54 -0700 (PDT) Received: from sage-one.net (adsl-65-71-135-137.dsl.crchtx.swbell.net [65.71.135.137]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B950C43E6A for ; Fri, 27 Sep 2002 08:07:53 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jackstone@sage-one.net) Received: from sagea (sagea [192.168.0.3]) by sage-one.net (8.11.6/8.11.6) with SMTP id g8RF7pN41179; Fri, 27 Sep 2002 10:07:51 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from jackstone@sage-one.net) Message-Id: <3.0.5.32.20020927100750.01026638@mail.sage-one.net> X-Sender: jackstone@mail.sage-one.net X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 3.0.5 (32) Date: Fri, 27 Sep 2002 10:07:50 -0500 To: Petri Riihikallio , questions@FreeBSD.ORG From: "Jack L. Stone" Subject: Re: How to shut down cleanly by killing power In-Reply-To: References: <3.0.5.32.20020927092434.01026638@mail.sage-one.net> <3.0.5.32.20020926155418.01026638@mail.sage-one.net> <3.0.5.32.20020926124221.01026638@mail.sage-one.net> <3.0.5.32.20020926103911.01026638@mail.sage-one.net> <3.0.5.32.20020926103911.01026638@mail.sage-one.net> <3.0.5.32.20020926124221.01026638@mail.sage-one.net> <3.0.5.32.20020926155418.01026638@mail.sage-one.net> <3.0.5.32.20020927092434.01026638@mail.sage-one.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG At 05:55 PM 9.27.2002 +0300, Petri Riihikallio wrote: >>===> What happens if power returns AFTER this final decision, but BEFORE >>the system is actually shut down? The time frame can be over a minute.<=== >> >>Interesting! This is the most I can recall being discussed about UPS for >>the past year. Glad we are doing it, but I still don't see the problem >>here. Once the script turns over to the "shutdown -p now", doesn't apcupsd >>exit (along with the other shutdowns) and stop monitoring..??? > >Yes, apcupsd gets killed and the system is powered down (-p) or >halted (-h). But if the AC power is restored _before_ the UPS is >exhausted, there is no power cycle, and the computer won't boot >without operator assistance. > >This is the situation I am trying to avoid. >-- >Cheers, >Petri Okay, I DON'T want my machines to reboot automatically after the power down.... so, guess I'm configured okay to suit my intentions. But I'll remember this if and when I want the machines to boot by themselves.... Best regards, Jack L. Stone, Administrator SageOne Net http://www.sage-one.net jackstone@sage-one.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message