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Date:      Sun, 14 Feb 1999 17:15:59 -0800 (PST)
From:      Alex Zepeda <garbanzo@hooked.net>
To:        Leif Neland <leifn@neland.dk>
Cc:        current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: How to power off an ATX power supply machine on shutdown ?
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.05.9902141714350.843-100000@zippy.dyn.ml.org>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9902150137340.66975-100000@arnold.neland.dk>

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On Mon, 15 Feb 1999, Leif Neland wrote:

> Could it be because the system thinks everything is flushed, but something
> is still in the disk's write-cache? (If such a beast exists...)

I think for whatever reason the computer is being powered off before it's
finished syncing.. as in it doesn't check or care.

> Is a delay needed between the final sync's and the actual power off?

Apparently so.  There is/was a recently added sysctl for this purpose.
Poke around in the archives.

- alex


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