From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Dec 3 16:21:40 1995 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) id QAA07939 for questions-outgoing; Sun, 3 Dec 1995 16:21:40 -0800 Received: from nike.efn.org (gurney_j@haus.efn.org [198.68.17.3]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) with ESMTP id QAA07920 for ; Sun, 3 Dec 1995 16:21:34 -0800 Received: (from gurney_j@localhost) by nike.efn.org (8.6.11/8.6.9) id QAA01400; Sun, 3 Dec 1995 16:20:31 -0800 Date: Sun, 3 Dec 1995 16:20:26 -0800 (PST) From: John-Mark Gurney Reply-To: John-Mark Gurney To: John Goerzen cc: Michael Jamet , wlclarke@cats.ucsc.edu, FreeBSD-Questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: USR modem setup [ How to setup auto answer ] In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk On Sat, 2 Dec 1995, John Goerzen wrote: > > PS How do you ctl-alt-del from FreeBSD? > > NEVER, NEVER, NEVER use ctrl-alt-del from within any OS other than DOS. > That includes FreeBSD. NEVER use ctrl-alt-del from within FreeBSD. > > To reboot, login as root and type: > > shutdown -r now > > Rebooting with ctrl-alt-del can corrupt your filesystems and cause data > loss. Sorry for yelling, but this is a very important point. I got a question why? ctrl-alt-del under freebsd at least the last time I did it with 2.1-R synced the disks... just like a normal reboot or a shutdown... mind expounding? John-Mark gurney_j@efn.org Modem/FAX: (503) 683-6954 (FreeBSD Box) Live in Peace, destroy Micro$oft, support free software, run FreeBSD (unix) GCS/M/Sd#h+s+!gau-a--w++++vC+++++UF++++P---E---N++W---M--V--Y+t+5++G+b+D++ B----eu+h++!f++n---- CD5OUF++++.L-------2W.DM----N.9---NET2SP3s.2,4s.,4d.2,6---