You could go with the same brand as you have now, if it's working properly with linux.
In actuality, the UPS itself doesn't shutdown or restart anything...it can send signals to the system, if a cable is hooked up, and a daemon is monitoring that port, and that daemon can issue the correct commands. I believe that the APC units are supported. As to disposing of the UPS, you can actually send it back to the manufacturer (either original, or the one from which you get the new UPS) and they have the proper facilities. Or, contact an auto repair shop, and they can tell you were to unload the battery. On Sun, 8 Dec 2002, Daevid Vincent wrote: > The battery light on my UPS is on now all the time. It's fairly old and > I think it's time I got rid of it. > > First, where do I go to throw out a UPS? I can't imagine it's good to > just chuck it out with the garbage... I would think it needs recycling > or containment or something. > > Secondly, can anyone suggest a (cheap) UPS that will work with RedHat > 8.0 relatively painlessly? I really only just need this to shutdown > gracefully when appropriate (so I don't need it to power my monitor or > speakers or any extra crap either). Otherwise, I really don't care about > any bells and whistles, unless they're free. I don't want to have to > make a custom cable or anything funky either. I want to be able to > purchase the parts, plug them in, run some .rpm or install.sh or > something and be good to go. > > > > -- Mike Burger http://www.bubbanfriends.org Visit the Dog Pound II BBS telnet://dogpound2.citadel.org or http://dogpound2.citadel.org:2000 -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
