> I trying to find a way to shut down my laptop > *really* quick (1 - 2 seconds) from the console. > > I can't wait until all processes have died. What I > want to do is "sync" - "close all open filehandles" > "umount" "poweroff" > > the problem is that unmount often says that > some filesystems are busy. So next time I boot I > have to do a filesystem check which is really annoying. > > So how do you force an unmount of a filsystem > (in a consisten state) even if the processes > which access the fs haven't died yet? Is there any > other way to quickly poweroff without getting > an inconsistant fs?
Use one of those modern journalling file systems. reiserfs, (SGI's) xfs. Is ext3 out there already? You could then just turn the machine off. This will give you a consistent file system with minimal overhead at reboot. However, you will loose unwritten data. +--- Kero ---------------------------------- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---+ | If there were no hell to pay, would you still need a God? | | -- Leah Androne | +--- M38C --------------- http://www.huizen.dds.nl/~kero ---+
