William Warren wrote: > in the apc software(or nut worst case) you'll be able to specify that > after x minutes it will shutdown. Better to have a clean shutdown and > have to hit the power button than a dirty one and risk corrupting your > filesystem. Unfortunately I won't be there to "hit the power button". If I were there would be no need for UPS. -- Timothy Murphy e-mail: gayleard /at/ eircom.net tel: +353-86-2336090, +353-1-2842366 s-mail: School of Mathematics, Trinity College Dublin