Date: Thu, 09 Mar 2006 13:59:31 -0600 From: Derek Ragona <derek@computinginnovations.com> To: James Long <list@museum.rain.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Ion-Mihai Tetcu <itetcu@apropo.ro>, Peter <petermatulis@yahoo.ca> Subject: Re: coming back up after power failure (UPS) Message-ID: <6.0.0.22.2.20060309135644.02841730@mail.computinginnovations.com> In-Reply-To: <20060309174609.GA14114@ns.museum.rain.com> References: <20060309120050.883AF16A424@hub.freebsd.org> <20060309174609.GA14114@ns.museum.rain.com>
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If you set up the rules with NUT to halt the system at the first power
outage AND the BIOS of the system is set to stay off, yes it will wait for
a human to hit the power button.
This is also the case with a system that doesn't power off completely and
sits at the prompt saying it is "OK to reboot or power off the system"
If you want other behaviors you simply configure NUT and your system BIOS
appropriately.
-Derek
At 11:46 AM 3/9/2006, James Long wrote:
> > Date: Thu, 9 Mar 2006 01:37:21 +0200
> > From: Ion-Mihai Tetcu <itetcu@apropo.ro>
> > Subject: Re: coming back up after power failure (UPS)
> > To: Peter <petermatulis@yahoo.ca>
> > Cc: freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
> > Message-ID: <20060309013721.3c523303@it.buh.tecnik93.com>
> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII
> >
> > On Wed, 8 Mar 2006 16:39:02 -0500 (EST)
> > Peter <petermatulis@yahoo.ca> wrote:
> >
> > > On an updated 5.4 box I am using Network UPS Tools (NUT) with an APC
> > > Smart-UPS.
> > >
> > > All is going very well but I cannot bring my box back up after
> > > simulating a power failure. At the end of the shutdown the screen
> > > shows:
> > >
> > > "Press any key to reboot"
> > >
> > > Obviously this is not the desired outcome.
> > >
> > > How can I get my system to go down completely? Beyond this I
> > > understand there may be some BIOS adjustments to be made.
> >
> > You should set up your UPS (via NUT) to kill power when you reach this
> > stage (and batteries are exhausted), and to restore power to the
> > computer when the line power is back again. And set you BIOS to always
> > on or last state or what ever you BIOS is calling it.
> >
> > I can't say how to achieve this with NUT or if it's possible, but I'm
> > sure that sysutils/apcupsd can do it since I use (and maintain) that
> > port.
>
>What happens if:
>
>1) power fails
>2) NUT detects this and halts the machine
>3) power returns before batteries are exhausted
>
>Will the machine sit forever waiting for someone to "Press any key to
>reboot" ?
>
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