Date: Wed, 18 Aug 1999 19:39:44 -0400 (EDT) From: Steve Hovey <shovey@buffnet.net> To: Shawn Ramsey <shawn@megadeth.org> Cc: Evren Yurtesen <yurtesen@ispro.net.tr>, Kent Stewart <kstewart@3-cities.com>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: "shutdown -h now" risk? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9908181939170.353-100000@buffnet11.buffnet.net> In-Reply-To: <37BB2E9B.F3E4C705@megadeth.org>
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I always do: sync;sync;shutdown -r now the sync;sync part is a habit from the old NCR days when lookin at it sideway was dangerous :) On Wed, 18 Aug 1999, Shawn Ramsey wrote: > > I did not know that "shutdown -h now" is dangerous, > > what is the problem with it? > > He said anything OTHER than "shutdown -h now" is dangerous. I've always > used just "reboot", and I've never lost data. This does the equivalent > of a showdown -r now", at least I thought it did, and I would not call > it dangerous either. > > > 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
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