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Subject: syncing disks failing at reboot?
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from single_user mode..

# # # reboot
Waiting (max 60 seconds) for system process `vnlru' to stop...done
Waiting (max 60 seconds) for system process `bufdaemon' to stop...done
Waiting (max 60 seconds) for system process `syncer' to stop...
Syncing disks, vnodes remaining...1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 
1 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 
1 1 1 1 1 1 timed out
Syncing disks, buffers remaining... 56 53 53 53 53 53 53 53 53 53 53 53 
53 53 53 53 53 53 53 53 53
Giving up on 53 buffers
Uptime: 1h2m12s
Rebooting...

nothign special..
no crashes, hangs etc.
does anyone have a reason why this might fail?