Date: Fri, 28 Nov 2014 17:28:29 -0800 From: Mike Starr <starrtennis@gmail.com> To: Perry Hutchison <perryh@pluto.rain.com> Cc: Paul Pathiakis <pathiaki2@yahoo.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: OT: UPS for FreeBSD Message-ID: <CABhTyc8T-6y-tU1PQY9FDOeGMpoHa94MofoLD_dvJ8a4RwJN_A@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <54791d3a.w/pI0kak03d%2B3nKC%perryh@pluto.rain.com> References: <CAHieY7QGp2ELF-R91eu=vSrPsimVmVNJQ4kfucQ56PR7EEZmig@mail.gmail.com> <m57qdq$did$1@ger.gmane.org> <54777AB1.9010800@bluerosetech.com> <m581p1$65m$1@ger.gmane.org> <54779629.302@bluerosetech.com> <alpine.BSF.2.11.1411271433320.60866@wonkity.com> <5478BD4F.7020306@yahoo.com> <5478BEE6.30308@bluerosetech.com> <5478CC08.9090307@yahoo.com> <20141128204722.561f948e@archlinux> <5478F16A.80605@yahoo.com> <CABhTyc9m7fOoeV170dj=foAhmyYWphzc8KD8wBacu5gNRPhT%2BQ@mail.gmail.com> <54791d3a.w/pI0kak03d%2B3nKC%perryh@pluto.rain.com>
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Which explains the whole bioconversion / split battery schematic. I see. So foit! On Fri, Nov 28, 2014 at 5:11 PM, Perry Hutchison <perryh@pluto.rain.com> wrote: > Mike Starr <starrtennis@gmail.com> wrote: > > > I haven't thought too much about this either, but how much does > > power supply have to do with which os one uses? > > If you are only using the UPS to cover for outages from momentary > up to a few seconds, not much. > > However, if you want the UPS to notify the OS when the battery > starts to get low, so that the OS can shut down cleanly, you need > for the OS to support whatever communication mechanism the UPS > provides. >
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