Date: Sat, 14 Jun 2003 16:04:56 -0400 From: Jud <judmarc@fastmail.fm> To: Shantanu Mahajan <freebsd@dhumketu.cjb.net>, Rohit <rohitvis@rogers.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Booting takes too long. Why? (/ was not properly dismounted) Message-ID: <oprqrwqijt0cf2rk@fastmail.fm> In-Reply-To: <20030614065823.GA217@dhumketu.homeunix.net> References: <200306131035.51185.rohitvis@rogers.com> <20030614065823.GA217@dhumketu.homeunix.net>
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On Sat, 14 Jun 2003 12:28:23 +0530, Shantanu Mahajan =
<freebsd@dhumketu.cjb.net> wrote:
> | I shutdown using the shutdown -h now command
> | or reboot using reboot now
>
> did you try 'halt'?
> what msg. do you see after the shutdown is complete?
>From the halt(8) man page:
"Normally, the shutdown(8) utility is used when the system needs to be =
halted or restarted, giving users advance warning of their impending doo=
m =
and cleanly terminating specific programs."
>From the shutdown(8) man page:
"The following options are available:
-h The system is halted at the specified time."
So Rohit is in fact using 'halt' in the way it is normally invoked, as a=
n =
option to 'shutdown.' Is there a reason that 'halt' without 'shutdown' =
would be preferable in this case?
Jud
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