Sorry if this is a little off topic:
I had my LM7.2 server go down for the 4th time due to a power
outage. I had to manually fsck /dev/hda7 to bring the system back up. I
am convinced that this is not a good way to treat the server and I am
going to buy an APC UPS to keep it from happening again.
What I need to know is if anyone has any advice on how to configure
the APC box to send a shutdown signal over the serial port to nicely
shut the server down. I don't have any experience with UPS's and just
want to make sure I'll be able to accomplish getting the UPS to talk to
my server and shut it down before I go spend the money on a UPS.
All of the APC UPSs come with software to shut windows down, but
don't say a thing about Linux. How do I get it to work with my server?
Advise would be great, but if you can just point me to the right docs, I
don't have a problem reading.
Thanks
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David C. Rankin
Nacogdoches, Texas
