>I've never tried this and it's not the ideal method, but it's simple,
>so I offer it for your consideration:
>
>Put your UPS software on the root partition.
>
>In the software which initiates the mains-failure shutdown, just do
>"shutdown -r now" or "init 6" or "reboot" or whatever.
>
>At the top of /etc/rc, if your UPS monitor says that the mains have
>failed, have your UPS controller switch off the UPS output.

This way the system reboots, but the reboot is interrupted with 
powerdown at early stage. Not ideal, I agree, but a solution still.

I'll still try to find a true solution. I'll post whatever I come up with.
-- 
Cheers,
Petri

Metis / Petri Riihikallio
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