From owner-freebsd-stable Wed May 10 17: 2: 0 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from server1.huntsvilleal.com (server1.huntsvilleal.com [63.147.8.7]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 501B037B9E9 for ; Wed, 10 May 2000 17:01:56 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kris@hiwaay.net) Received: from barricuda.bsd.nws.net (kris.huntsvilleal.com [63.147.8.46]) by server1.huntsvilleal.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id SAA20942; Wed, 10 May 2000 18:39:24 -0400 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by barricuda.bsd.nws.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id SAA89905; Wed, 10 May 2000 18:03:10 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from kris@hiwaay.net) Date: Wed, 10 May 2000 18:03:10 -0500 (CDT) From: Kris Kirby To: David Miller Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Server Farms? In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > > An alternative to a full-reboot is to "shutdown now" and then hit CTRL-D > > at the password prompt / shell path. You get to keep your uptime this way > > :-) > > That's cheating:) More importantly, it only works with manual > intervention, something hard to come by on a server farm. I'll have to > remember this for my home system tho..... You mean you don't have a serial console? And yes, I can see where it may be impractical (network access only, no serial ports, etc). ----- Kris Kirby, KE4AHR | TGIFreeBSD... 'Nuff said. | ------------------------------------------------------- "Fate, it seems, is not without a sense of irony." To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message