Michael Soulier wrote: <snip> > problems easily fixed by fsck without manual control necessary. I noticed > the entries in /etc/inittab for powerloss, but the script it's pointing to > for me is not installed, so it's not that, although I'd like to know what > this /etc/init.d/powerfail script is.
IIRC that's for those with a UPS connected. The UPS can notify the system
that the power has failed - usually via the serial port, I believe. Once
the system has been notified, the system can respond by running the script
pointed to in the powerfail entry in the /etc/inittab There's probably a lot
more detail to it than that, but that's the basics. There's some more
information in the man page for inittab.
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