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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!noc.netcom.net!news.sprintlink.net!gatech!swrinde!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!dispatch.news.demon.net!demon!palmer.demon.co.uk!palmer.demon.co.uk!not-for-mail From: gary@palmer.demon.co.uk (Gary Palmer) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: UPS recommendations ? Date: 15 Aug 1995 22:27:44 +0100 Organization: none Lines: 20 Message-ID: <40r3gg$ua@palmer.demon.co.uk> References: <aak2.808400899@ra.msstate.edu> <40pmbb$onv@bonnie.tcd-dresden.de> <DDDCIB.B7B@midway.uchicago.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: pc.my.org X-NNTP-Posting-Host: palmer.demon.co.uk In article <DDDCIB.B7B@midway.uchicago.edu>, Matthew Edward Zaucha <mezaucha@midway.uchicago.edu> wrote: > Excuse me for my blatant ignorance, but why would an operating >system need to support the UPS backup device? I have looked at the more >popular (and cheap) power backups and it seems that all that needs to be >done is to plug your computer power cables into it, and get back to your >work. What else must be done? Thanks in advance, as I too am in desparate >need of some sort of power backup system. You need OS support so that if the power fails, and the battery in the UPS gets too low to keep the machine working much longer, it can shut the OS down cleanly before it runs totally dry. Any clearer? Gary -- FreeBSD Core Member E-Mail: Gary@Palmer.Demon.co.uk, gpalmer@FreeBSD.org