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Date:      Tue, 26 Jun 2018 10:05:38 -0700
From:      Kevin Oberman <rkoberman@gmail.com>
To:        Masachika ISHIZUKA <ish@amail.plala.or.jp>
Cc:        freebsd-net <freebsd-net@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: usb ethernet adapter does not work after reboot
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On Tue, Jun 26, 2018 at 3:51 AM, Masachika ISHIZUKA <ish@amail.plala.or.jp>
wrote:

> > BTW, the triple "sync" is a waste of... well, not much except your time
> in
> > typing it into your script. The rule to sync discs three times assumes
> that
> > you are actually typing it. It is to allow enough time for the file
> > system(s) to complete syncing before the system is halted (halt(8)) or
> > power is removed. Both reboot(8) and shutdown(8) now take care of this.
> > Only the first sync(8) really does anything. Typing it three times on a
> > teletype takes long enough for metadata to be written.
>
>   Thank you, Kevin.
>
>   I want to sync nfs mounted disks before usb ethernet card is powered
> down.
>   I think that '/etc/rc.d/nfsuserd stop' may be better than '/bin/sync'.
> --
> Masachika ISHIZUKA
>

Thank you! You have given me an obvious and relevant example of why
"shutdown -r" should normally be used and "reboot" should not. I don't use
NFS, so it has not bitten me. I do recall dealing with  similar issue MANY
years ago on Solaris systems working with Auspex file servers. Probably
dates to 1990 or shortly after.
--
Kevin Oberman, Part time kid herder and retired Network Engineer
E-mail: rkoberman@gmail.com
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