Date: Wed, 16 Jun 1999 14:38:40 +0200 (MEST) From: "Michael C. Vergallen" <mvergall@double-barrel.be> To: Stefan `Sec` Zehl <sec@42.org> Cc: Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@flood.ping.uio.no>, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: / not properly unmounted ? Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.3.96.990616143747.7336B-100000@ws3.double-barrel.be> In-Reply-To: <19990616142937.A24601@matrix.42.org>
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Have a look at the shutdown man page. This should answer your question. Michael --- Michael C. Vergallen A.k.A. Mad Mike, Sportstraat 28 http://www.double-barrel.be/mvergall/ B 9000 Gent ftp://ftp.double-barrel.be/pub/linux/ Belgium tel : 32-9-2227764 Fax : 32-9-2224976 On Wed, 16 Jun 1999, Stefan `Sec` Zehl wrote: > On Wed, Jun 16, 1999 at 02:24:44PM +0200, Dag-Erling Smorgrav wrote: > > Stefan `Sec` Zehl <sec@42.org> writes: > > > WARNING: / was not properly dismounted > > > and a subsquent fsck happens which has no (visible) effect. > > > > > > I do use 'halt -p' to turn off my box. > > > > Either don't use 'halt -p', or disable write caching on your disk > > drives - or hack the kernel to pause for five seconds or something > > before switching off the power. > > So you mean "halt -p" is supposed to not unmount things cleanly ? > If so, what is the sanctioned way of halt&powerdown a box, or for that > matter why didn't it happen with earlier make world's ? > > CU, > Sec > -- > Black holes are where GOD is dividing by zero > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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