From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Dec 5 07:13:00 1995 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) id HAA07666 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 5 Dec 1995 07:13:00 -0800 Received: from croute.com (ishm2.croute.com [199.97.106.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) with SMTP id HAA07655 ; Tue, 5 Dec 1995 07:12:51 -0800 Received: from bldg1.croute.com by croute.com (4.1/SMI-4.1) id AA10250; Tue, 5 Dec 95 09:19:38 CST Received: from COMPUROUTE/SpoolDir by bldg1.croute.com (Mercury 1.13); Tue, 5 Dec 95 9:27:33 +600 Received: from SpoolDir by COMPUROUTE (Mercury 1.13); Tue, 5 Dec 95 9:27:23 +600 From: "Larry Dolinar" Organization: CompuRoute, Inc. To: questions@freebsd.org Date: Tue, 5 Dec 1995 09:27:20 +600 CDT Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT Subject: Re: USR modem setup [ How to setup auto answer ] Cc: wlclarke@cats.ucsc.edu, FreeBSD-Questions@freebsd.org X-Confirm-Reading-To: "Larry Dolinar" X-Pmrqc: 1 Priority: normal X-Mailer: Pegasus Mail v3.22 Message-Id: Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk | Date sent: Sat, 2 Dec 1995 22:07:13 -0600 (CST) | From: John Goerzen | To: Michael Jamet | Copies to: wlclarke@cats.ucsc.edu, FreeBSD-Questions@freebsd.org | Subject: Re: USR modem setup [ How to setup auto answer ] | > PS How do you ctl-alt-del from FreeBSD? | | NEVER, NEVER, NEVER use ctrl-alt-del from within any OS other than DOS. | That includes FreeBSD. NEVER use ctrl-alt-del from within FreeBSD. | | To reboot, login as root and type: | | shutdown -r now | | Rebooting with ctrl-alt-del can corrupt your filesystems and cause data | loss. Sorry for yelling, but this is a very important point. | Disputed: termcap equates this to a halt sequence, and I've NEVER had filesystem problems, though I tend to use more sane means for shutting down (like an explicit 'halt'). Novell Netware for example ignores Ctrl+Alt+Del. It all depends on what the OS thinks of the combination, though I agree: indiscriminate use is at your own risk. regards, larry