Rudi Ahlers wrote:
>> It seems to me that it should be possible
>> to have a simple, torch-battery operated, system
>> which will keep the machine alive long enough
>> to make a graceful exit.
> A UPS would be your simplest option here since the UPS can send a
> signal to the OS to shutdown properly.
>
> Using a "torch battery" (I presume this is a large torch?) you'll
> still have the same issue as you have now - when the battery runs flat
> (i.e. power outage is longer than 10 minutes or so) Linux will still
> crash uncleanly.
As will be obvious, I know nothing in this area.
My thought was just that the machine only requires say 30 seconds of life
to shutdown properly, and I would have thought
there was enough capacity in a large torch battery to supply this?
But there seems to be a 100% backing for UPS,
so I'll look into that.
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Timothy Murphy
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