Date: Wed, 18 Aug 1999 18:35:38 -0400 From: Christopher Michaels <ChrisMic@clientlogic.com> To: 'Evren Yurtesen' <yurtesen@ispro.net.tr>, Kent Stewart <kstewart@3-cities.com> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: "shutdown -h now" risk? Message-ID: <6C37EE640B78D2118D2F00A0C90FCB4401105BA8@site2s1>
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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
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