Date: Wed, 2 Aug 2000 12:55:14 -0600 (MDT) From: Nate Williams <nate@yogotech.com> To: Warner Losh <imp@village.org> Cc: "R. David Murray" <bitz@bitdance.com>, Siegbert Baude <siegbert.baude@gmx.de>, "Corey G." <cgaff@flashcom.net>, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Suggestion for change of /usr/src/UPDATING (was: Re: HEADS UP! Always use the 'make buildkernel' target to make yer kernels) Message-ID: <200008021855.MAA23200@nomad.yogotech.com> In-Reply-To: <200008021811.MAA93107@harmony.village.org> References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0008021356270.26800-100000@twirl.bitdance.com> <200008021811.MAA93107@harmony.village.org>
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> : > : <follow rebuild disk /dev entries above> [1] > : > : --> reboot <-- > : > : <in single user> > : [...] > : > : This line should be "shutdown now", isn't it? Any further suggestions to > : > : make life of Warner easier? > : > > : > No. It should be "reboot" since that's the simplest thing. "shutdown > : > now" doesn't cause the machine to reboot, but merely causes the > : > processor to halt. It is the same thing as "halt," unless you have > : > users on the machine, in which case they will get a nice message > : > before the machine dies.... > : > : Um, not in my experience. Shutdown now shuts you down to single > : user mode without rebooting, it does *not* do a halt. > > No. shutdown now takes you all the way down to "hit any key to > reboot" *AND* you want to reboot. Warner, I think you are confused. 'shutdown now' takes you to single user mode. 'halt' will take you to the above prompt. Nate To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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