Date: Sat, 16 Jul 2005 19:08:16 +0200 From: Matthias Buelow <mkb@incubus.de> To: rmk@rmkhome.com Cc: bv@wjv.com, David Magda <dmagda@ee.ryerson.ca>, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: dangerous situation with shutdown process Message-ID: <20050716170816.GE752@drjekyll.mkbuelow.net> In-Reply-To: <200507161656.j6GGuv611492@toad.rmkhome.com> References: <20050716150302.GA7695@wjv.com> <200507161656.j6GGuv611492@toad.rmkhome.com>
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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. :-) Uhm.. that's the same on the VAX.. in what way would that preclude a shutdown? NetBSD certainly shuts down on VAX (and drops into the monitor when it's done.) mkb.
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