From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Aug 18 15:32:38 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from ns.clientlogic.com (ns.clientlogic.com [207.51.66.75]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AFCA914F1F for ; Wed, 18 Aug 1999 15:32:32 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from ChrisMic@clientlogic.com) Received: by site0s1 with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2448.0) id ; Wed, 18 Aug 1999 18:33:06 -0400 Message-ID: <6C37EE640B78D2118D2F00A0C90FCB4401105BA8@site2s1> From: Christopher Michaels To: 'Evren Yurtesen' , Kent Stewart Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: "shutdown -h now" risk? Date: Wed, 18 Aug 1999 18:35:38 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2448.0) Content-Type: text/plain Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Can someone explain to me why a "shutdown -r now" would be dangerous? -Chris > -----Original Message----- > From: Evren Yurtesen [SMTP:yurtesen@ispro.net.tr] > Sent: Wednesday, August 18, 1999 5:02 PM > To: Kent Stewart > Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: "shutdown -h now" risk? > > I did not know that "shutdown -h now" is dangerous, > what is the problem with it? > > Kent Stewart wrote: > > > > Tomer Weller wrote: > > > > > > Does FreeBSD do a hard reset or a soft reset ? (sorry for the newbie > question) > > > If it soft resets, how can I change that to hard ? > > > > If you do anything short of a "shutdown -h now", you are putting your > > system at risk. How big a chance do you feel like taking. Is your > > system important? > > > > Kent > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > > -- > > Kent Stewart > > Richland, WA > > > > mailto:kstewart@3-cities.com > > http://www.3-cities.com/~kstewart/index.html > > > > SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) @ Home > > http://setiathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/ > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message