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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