Arunas Norvaisa wrote: > Have RTFMing and am using 'shutdown -r now' to restart my system. > BUT our system (Netware/Unix) admin (really old and experienced > 'wolf') have told me that he's using 'sync;sync;halt' and have tried > to persuade me to use 'his' command.
That method is pretty dumb for use on a multi-user system (just consider what happens if a process writes to disk between the last sync and the halt). If you go to single-user mode first, it's ok, but still not the best thing. -- see shy jo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
