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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!swidir.switch.ch!scsing.switch.ch!news.belwue.de!fu-berlin.de!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.uoregon.edu!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!uchinews!woodlawn!mezaucha From: mezaucha@woodlawn.uchicago.edu (Matthew Edward Zaucha) Subject: Re: UPS recommendations ? X-Nntp-Posting-Host: midway.uchicago.edu Message-ID: <DDDoqq.180@midway.uchicago.edu> Sender: news@midway.uchicago.edu (News Administrator) Reply-To: mezaucha@midway.uchicago.edu Organization: The University of Chicago References: <aak2.808400899@ra.msstate.edu> <40pmbb$onv@bonnie.tcd-dresden.de> <DDDCIB.B7B@midway.uchicago.edu> <40r3gg$ua@palmer.demon.co.uk> Date: Wed, 16 Aug 1995 00:44:50 GMT Lines: 20 In article <40r3gg$ua@palmer.demon.co.uk>, Gary Palmer <gary@palmer.demon.co.uk> wrote: > >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? Yes, thank you. But, without software support, the UPS system will still more than suffice for just an occasional lessening of the power which sometimes causes a system to reboot or go down, correct? Thanks again. -- ___________________ Matthew E. Zaucha