Date: Thu, 25 May 2006 13:21:49 +1000 From: Mikhail Goriachev <mikhailg@webanoide.org> To: freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Anyone using sysutils/nut ? Message-ID: <447522CD.3050004@webanoide.org> In-Reply-To: <200605250255.k4P2tFPK002628@vjofn.tucs-beachin-obx-house.com> References: <200605250255.k4P2tFPK002628@vjofn.tucs-beachin-obx-house.com>
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Tuc at T-B-O-H wrote: >> Tuc at T-B-O-H wrote: >>> The issue isn't with the upsmon or SHUTDOWNCMD... Its with the >>> fact that /etc/killpower gets set, and somewhere you need to put >>> "upsdrvctl shutdown". Its during the "shutdown -p now" that at some point >>> needs to be run, and if its run in /etc/rc.shutdown then the shutdown isn't >>> finished and shutting it off at that point the filesystems are dirty. >> >> Oh, I see the dilemma now. In my case my box powers off but the UPS >> stays on till it drastically dies (if power is still unavailable). >> You're trying to shutdown both the system and the UPS, aren't you? >> > Exactly, yes. >> So >> then they can automatically come back up again when power returns. >> > That what I want to do, yea. > > I think I'm finding that the UPS I bought (MGE Ellipse Pulsar) > isn't really a UPS, but a toy. Now to decide if I give the next step up > (Evolution) a try or is it just wasting more money. I got an MGE Pulsar EXtreme C 3200. In current setup it lasts for hours. When deployed, my main objective was to shutdown the box, hence saving it from disasters. I never considered doing the same with the UPS. I guess it is time for me to finish the job. -- Mikhail Goriachev Webanoide Telephone: +61 (0)3 62252501 Mobile Phone: +61 (0)4 38255158 E-Mail: mikhailg@webanoide.org Web: http://www.webanoide.org PGP Key ID: 0x4E148A3B PGP Key Fingerprint: D96B 7C14 79A5 8824 B99D 9562 F50E 2F5D 4E14 8A3B
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