From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Dec 11 14: 3: 9 2000 From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Dec 11 14:03:06 2000 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from fw.wintelcom.net (ns1.wintelcom.net [209.1.153.20]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F32C637B400 for ; Mon, 11 Dec 2000 14:03:05 -0800 (PST) Received: (from bright@localhost) by fw.wintelcom.net (8.10.0/8.10.0) id eBBM31215324; Mon, 11 Dec 2000 14:03:01 -0800 (PST) Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2000 14:03:01 -0800 From: Alfred Perlstein To: Pascal Willemssen <178045pw@student.eur.nl> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: NEWBIE question: How robust is FreeBSD 4.1 ie. can i turn off and on without doing a shutdown Message-ID: <20001211140301.N16205@fw.wintelcom.net> References: <000c01c063bd$e4871280$140b643e@g8m1v7> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <000c01c063bd$e4871280$140b643e@g8m1v7>; from 178045pw@student.eur.nl on Mon, Dec 11, 2000 at 11:01:18PM +0100 Sender: bright@fw.wintelcom.net Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG * Pascal Willemssen <178045pw@student.eur.nl> [001211 13:59] wrote: > > So my question is, is it harmful to turn it of without using any > commands, for example when it just booted and is showing the login > prompt (which is enough for the gateway services i installed anyway). Please wrap lines at 70 characters. Yes it is harmful to do that, you should use a safe shutdown, or you can even press control+alt+delete then kill the power after it reboots. -- -Alfred Perlstein - [bright@wintelcom.net|alfred@freebsd.org] "I have the heart of a child; I keep it in a jar on my desk." To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message