powerdown restarts

[Wolfgang S. Rupprecht]

Paweł Brodacki <pawel.brodacki at gmail.com> writes:
> If the system was shut down, then it would just remain shut down after
> power was restored.

Modern BIOSes often have a setting to turn on after a power restore.
That lets you power down the system right away and save battery, yet
come back up when the power returns.  Comsumer UPS's seem to all take a
very much longer time to recharge the batteries vs. how quickly they
discharge.  Saving battery charge can become fairly important if the UPS
only has a 10 minute runtime and you expect more power outages before
things stabilize.

-wolfgang
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