UPS for a single system using apcupsd.

[Roland Venter]

> I'm contemplating buying an APC Back-UPS ES Battery Backup (BE500U).
>>From reading the HOWTOs there appears to be the APC UPS daemon at
> www2.apcupsd.com.  Can anyone advise if this is a simple or a complex
> project.  I lose power about once every 2 weeks in winter and it's only
> a matter of time before the disk gets zapped.
>

I've been using APCUPSD for about 10 months now on FC1, as well as RHEL 
works like a dream, during the configuration you need to specify the comport 
used.  I've modified the inittab to power down the UPS before the box 
finally turns off, just follow the README / INSTALL files