Date: Wed, 15 Apr 1998 11:28:06 -0400 (EDT) From: Tim Gustafson <guff@falconsoft.com> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Something in the way she boots... Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980415112718.12339A-100000@falconsoft.com> In-Reply-To: <3534BF56.EED2808B@tdx.co.uk>
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another side-note to this would be that the correct way to shut down a
FreeBSD machine would be by typing 'halt' at the command prompt as root.
tim
On Wed, 15 Apr 1998, Karl Pielorz wrote:
> It means the system went down with out 'dismounting' the root file system
> ('/') - It's a bit like pulling the plug on your Windows '95 computer before
> it gets to the 'it's now safe to shutdown' screen...
>
> It doesn't normally do any damage - you'll probably see it fix itself
> (running a program called 'fsck') as the system comes back up...
>
> Regards,
>
> Karl Pielorz
>
> Matthew Taylor wrote:
> >
> > I get a warning that I don't really understand on boot right after the
> > devices get detected/loaded:
> >
> > WARNING: / was not properly dismounted
> >
> > What the heck is this?
>
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