Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2005 12:30:12 +0900 From: Joel Rees <rees@ddcom.co.jp> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: dangerous situation with shutdown process Message-ID: <30C8CD81-73BF-4823-9B41-E8DA23F1EC43@ddcom.co.jp> In-Reply-To: <20050715210320.01E215D07@ptavv.es.net> References: <20050715210320.01E215D07@ptavv.es.net>
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Comment from out in left field --
On 2005/07/16, at 6:03, Kevin Oberman wrote:
> [...]
> I believe that the Windows solution to this problem is to put a
> really,
> really long delay between when the system is finished syncing and when
> the power is turned off.
That's what I vote for. If the system has ATA on it, send a line to
the console that says
waiting for ATA technology drives to quit lying
after the final sync, and then wait 30 seconds to cut power.
> This might be the best solution for FreeBSD, as
> well, but it will irritate people.
My impression is that in this case irritation is recommended.
(I'm half wondering if Microsoft and the drive manufacturer's haven't
defined some hidden API for forcing the drive electronics to be
truthful.)
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