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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
> > 
> > >
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> > --
> > Kent Stewart
> > Richland, WA
> > 
> > mailto:kstewart@3-cities.com
> > http://www.3-cities.com/~kstewart/index.html
> > 
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