From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun May 13 07:18:32 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6592716A402 for ; Sun, 13 May 2007 07:18:32 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from illoai@gmail.com) Received: from mu-out-0910.google.com (mu-out-0910.google.com [209.85.134.186]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ED8B013C447 for ; Sun, 13 May 2007 07:18:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from illoai@gmail.com) Received: by mu-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id w8so512109mue for ; Sun, 13 May 2007 00:18:30 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=cox9toVWa7YZvS9hcHjLZe8fpQPTqCWBNtj0a1tf7KzFkw7iqbnbnYhUvU1RkTNS6DWD5Of4jRPgS2PwVhwWvkfhpEuMXI36vojZEeQsE2TmLHUNjckoKi1Qo5UlsHgKuUSJgO881rnwPHTWbjAlY2JWT9NJiGQG/UzWPmSo4f4= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=HEFnWhDg1c4fxCAWHD+qX7eCtvLuXBFEoTNPVocQEco8cEykqsNKH5jdHZYV/96UinNTfEIB/lFweb1oHtbmeCPNK7CF1/Y2FsZOou0VGoBZQbb2zLdpsLu8F0z4fnVBgs/UoJQ16ANL1OrbGzy6ZoUGHSQpMYWmlI80AFwGR0I= Received: by 10.78.123.4 with SMTP id v4mr1715169huc.1179040710409; Sun, 13 May 2007 00:18:30 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.82.185.16 with HTTP; Sun, 13 May 2007 00:18:30 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Sun, 13 May 2007 02:18:30 -0500 From: "illoai@gmail.com" To: jekillen In-Reply-To: <23042ea705a53aea5d36bb86a06d3b4c@prodigy.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <23042ea705a53aea5d36bb86a06d3b4c@prodigy.net> Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List Subject: Re: Auto shutdown/restart software for FreeBSD? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 13 May 2007 07:18:32 -0000 On 12/05/07, jekillen wrote: > Hello again; > Is there software for ups auto shutdown and restart for use with a ups > system that has the capacity; I.E. a serial connection and references > in the manual to software (for Windows mostly) download? Currently > I have a Vesta Pro 600 unit. I had one made by Minuteman that crapped > out on me last night. It had been doing ok and was a replacement for one > made by Tripp Lite, which also failed permanently. I am running one desk > top FreeBSD system, headless but with high speed SCSI drives in addition > to the boot drive. I am away during the week for at least 8 - 9 hours > during > the week and cant be there if the power goes down to shut the system > down before the ups exhausts its battery. > Thanks in advance for any suggestions. Sounds like quite the varied selection of hardware. I am sure there are people here with experience in this area, but as a starter, look at: http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/ports.cgi?query=ups&stype=all&sektion=sysutils and perhaps: http://www.networkupstools.org/ -- --