Date: Mon, 2 May 2005 14:45:24 +0100 (BST) From: Robert Watson <rwatson@FreeBSD.org> To: c0ldbyte <c0ldbyte@myrealbox.com> Cc: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> Subject: Re: 5.4-STABLE corrupting fs on shutdown -p now? Message-ID: <20050502143619.C87351@fledge.watson.org> In-Reply-To: <20050502123018.U72118@eleanor.us1.wmi.uvac.net> References: <007901c54ec0$14bb3e30$b3db87d4@multiplay.co.uk> <001701c54ecc$921546d0$b3db87d4@multiplay.co.uk> <20050502123018.U72118@eleanor.us1.wmi.uvac.net>
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On Mon, 2 May 2005, c0ldbyte wrote: >> I have a "HDD Post Write Buffer" in the BIOS according to the MB manual >> although the disks aren't connected to the MB controllers they are on RAID >> 5 set off a PCI-X card. Will give it a go tomorrow ( drag the monitor >> back to the rack ). Will this have any performance penalties? I could >> just avoid using shutdown -p but it seems a bit dodgy what its doing. >> If this machine where miles away without remote console it would have >> caused major amounts of pain. > > Why would you use shutdown -p on a remote machine anyway. I could see > possibly a shutdown -r but -p come on. I use it regularly -- for remote boxes that are in someone else's facility, I'd much rather I was the one who powered them off and told them when they were ready to unplug than having them do it. Life is a bit better with the advent of soft power via case power buttons, but still... Robert N M Watson
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