On Wed, Oct 22, 2003 at 09:09:23AM -0400, Reuben D. Budiardja wrote: > This got me to thinking. Is there any way that a better UPS can help this > situation. I see that some UPS has an RS232 interface or USB, and some > software that can shutdown the machine on sustained power outage. I am > wondering if this can be done also with Redhat linux 7.x, and 9. What I want > is just somehow the UPS to signal the computer that it's on battery and > either the a script or UPS itself shut the machine down whenever it is on > Battery. I'm really ignorant on this case here, so any help is greatly > appreciated. Also, if there're recommendation for those UPS that works well > with linux. I've been doing this for quite a while with a CyberPower UPS and the powstatd software. Many other UPS vendors are also supported. APS and Tripplite both make a good UPS. A little google searching or visiting freshmeat.net will result in many hits and pointers to software packages that should work for you. -- Ed Wilts, Mounds View, MN, USA mailto:ewilts@xxxxxxxxxx Member #1, Red Hat Community Ambassador Program -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
