Date: Mon, 12 May 1997 00:47:17 -0400 (EDT) From: Chuck Robey <chuckr@mat.net> To: Mr M P Searle <csubl@csv.warwick.ac.uk> Cc: csubl@csv.warwick.ac.uk, hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: shutdown Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.970512004148.263A-100000@Journey2.mat.net> In-Reply-To: <13323.199705111654@nice.csv.warwick.ac.uk>
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On Sun, 11 May 1997, Mr M P Searle wrote: > > On Sun, 11 May 1997, Mr M P Searle wrote: > > > > > Would it break anything if the X server was kept running while shutting down? > > > (Nothing else, just that one process. The root window is set before starting > > > 'halt' - and maybe set again after the 5 seconds.) > > > > > > Michael, who has too much free time... > > > > I think that would mean that /usr couldn't be dismounted, which would mean > > that you wouldn't get a clean shutdown on the /usr filesystem, and it > > would end up being fsck'ed on startup. I have a big disk, and wouldn't > > want to have to wait on that all the time. > > No - what if the server was on it's own file system? (which wasn't ever fsck'd as > it has nothing but the server on it.) My guess is that I'd get a slow shutdown > as not all buffers could be written to disk, but the reboot would be OK. Does > that sound right? Sorry for the slow answer, I just finished my OS project, and 6th cup of coffee (huh? whazzat?!) ... IF the X server didn't have any files in an unfinished state (which I couldn't guarantee, never having tried it) and you hacked the /etc/fstab so that it didn't do the fsck, then I think you would be right. It'd be slow whenever you actually did the fsck, but not normally. On any other system, I'd think it was a real bad idea, but, hmmm, my experience with FreeBSD's filesystems is so good, well, maybe you could do it. I wouldn't, but I keep FreeBSD up for weeks at a time (except when my OS class forces me into DOS) so I wouldn't realize the time savings that someone who turns it on and off every day would see. > > > ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- Chuck Robey | Interests include any kind of voice or data chuckr@eng.umd.edu | communications topic, C programming, and Unix. 9120 Edmonston Ct #302 | Greenbelt, MD 20770 | I run Journey2 and picnic, both FreeBSD (301) 220-2114 | version 3.0 current -- and great FUN! ----------------------------+-----------------------------------------------
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