Date: Sun, 17 Jul 2005 10:33:51 +1000 (EST) From: Dave Horsfall <dave@horsfall.org> To: FreeBSD STABLE list <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: dangerous situation with shutdown process Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.4.61.0507171032140.19830@dave.horsfall.org> In-Reply-To: <200507161656.j6GGuv611492@toad.rmkhome.com> References: <200507161656.j6GGuv611492@toad.rmkhome.com>
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On Sat, 16 Jul 2005, Rick Kelly wrote: > The main reason for sync;sync;sync on V7 UNIX was because you couldn't > do a shutdown, only a halt to the hardware monitor, on the PDP11. You > can verify that behavior with SIMH. :-) And you weren't supposed to use "sync;sync;sync" but this: # sync # sync # sync They were *not* the same. -- Dave
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