Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2001 03:35:08 -0600 From: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> To: ben <ben@www.stonehenge-net.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Dumb UPS support under FreeBSD? Message-ID: <15362.3276.17081.713574@guru.mired.org> In-Reply-To: <108069515@toto.iv>
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[Format recovered from top posting. ben <ben@www.stonehenge-net.com> types: > On Mon, 26 Nov 2001, Kjell wrote: > > I am looking for a program that will work with my (Liebert) dumb UPS > > that will perform an orderly shutdown of my computer by power fail, and > > turn it back on again when power returns. You really don't want to turn the computer back on when the power returns with a dumb UPS. The problem is that the battery in the ups won't have any charge on it, so in the - not uncommon - event that you get power back and it goes away shortly thereafter, you'll be shut down with no warning. The only time in the last decade I've had a file system fried was because of power coming back just long enough for it to start fsck'ing - three times in a row. > > I have spent some time with the bkpupsd program, and found that it > > turns the UPS off at the same time it calls shutdown. Thus shutdown > > does not get time to sync discs etc.. This renders bkpupsd useless for > > machines with both latching (AT) and soft (ATX) power switches. > > > i've been using apcupsd on sun, freebsd and hpux systems for 6 months or > so, but with apc products. it's probibable tha they support your ups. Yes, but does it manage to not cut power to the computer until after the shutdown has finished? If so, could you provide a pointer to the documentation? Thanx, <mike -- Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ Q: How do you make the gods laugh? A: Tell them your plans. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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