[PLUG] Shutdown won't power down

[Karl M. Hegbloom]

On Fri, 2003-01-10 at 11:13, Anthony Schlemmer wrote:
> I have one system that still uses an AT power supply and I have to do 
> special things when the power goes out to get the UPS that is connected 
> to it to power down the system. If I don't do this my UPS's battery 
> will be severely drained since the system will continue to run even 
> though the operating system has already been halted. Draining the UPS 
> battery below a certain point isn't a good thing to do since it can 
> reduce the life of the battery.

The "apcupsd" setup came with shutdown scripts for manageing that.  That
is what I use, and my sole source of knowledge regarding such things.