Date: Fri, 27 Sep 2002 20:56:14 +0300 From: Petri Riihikallio <Petri.Riihikallio@Metis.fi> To: swear@attbi.com (Gary W. Swearingen), questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: How to shut down cleanly by killing power Message-ID: <a05111b09b9ba4b46ea3d@[192.168.0.2]> In-Reply-To: <qzd6qz73f4.6qz@localhost.localdomain> References: <bulk.28113.20020926143904@hub.freebsd.org> <a05111b07b9b9ec1c1aac@[192.168.0.2]> <87elbf1r7d.fsf@pooh.int> <a05111b04b9ba22404693@[192.168.0.2]> <qzd6qz73f4.6qz@localhost.localdomain>
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>I've never tried this and it's not the ideal method, but it's simple, >so I offer it for your consideration: > >Put your UPS software on the root partition. > >In the software which initiates the mains-failure shutdown, just do >"shutdown -r now" or "init 6" or "reboot" or whatever. > >At the top of /etc/rc, if your UPS monitor says that the mains have >failed, have your UPS controller switch off the UPS output. This way the system reboots, but the reboot is interrupted with powerdown at early stage. Not ideal, I agree, but a solution still. I'll still try to find a true solution. I'll post whatever I come up with. -- Cheers, Petri Metis / Petri Riihikallio GSM: +358 400 505 939 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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