Date: Wed, 4 Aug 2004 13:20:19 -0700 From: Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net> To: Garance A Drosihn <drosih@rpi.edu> Cc: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: install_and_reboot target for kernel's... Message-ID: <20040804202019.GD10063@Odin.AC.HMC.Edu> In-Reply-To: <p06110408bd36e1dd6d66@[128.113.24.47]> References: <20040804182321.GY991@funkthat.com> <p06110408bd36e1dd6d66@[128.113.24.47]>
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--hxkXGo8AKqTJ+9QI Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, Aug 04, 2004 at 03:05:38PM -0400, Garance A Drosihn wrote: > (aside: I remember someone telling me that it makes more sense > to just type 'reboot' than 'shutdown -r now'. Not if you actually like your data. "reboot" kills all your processes with a blunt object while "shutdown -r now" allows processes that things like databases to shut down correctly before wacking the remaining hangers on with a blunt object. -- Brooks --=20 Any statement of the form "X is the one, true Y" is FALSE. PGP fingerprint 655D 519C 26A7 82E7 2529 9BF0 5D8E 8BE9 F238 1AD4 --hxkXGo8AKqTJ+9QI Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFBEUUCXY6L6fI4GtQRAvacAJ9urTR40huvaC92P8pTUthorvE2kwCgjsYu XnbRxlA9oVTbDa7MtZIZFtw= =jUuP -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --hxkXGo8AKqTJ+9QI--
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