On Mittwoch, 2. April 2008, Steven Lembark wrote: > Liviu Andronic wrote: > > On Fri, Mar 28, 2008 at 10:07 AM, Dale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>> By the way the safest and recommended command, although a bit longish > >>> should be ALT+SysRq(or print)+S(ync)+U(mount)+B(Reboot). > >> > >> Since I wanted to shutdown instead of reboot, it would be ALT + SysRq > >> + S + U + O then correct? > > > > Are there any potential harms to the hardware / system in case one > > tends to abuse (i.e. use more often than necessary) of this command? > > It's so often so tempting to shut down your system fast. > > Short of a serious emergency (e.g., UPS with > 30-sec lag and no input power) stick with > 'shutdown -fh now'. The main problem is that > you bypass the stop phase of all the app's > started up via init.d; very little short of > just hitting the reset switch or yanking the > power.
if you do it the right way, start with 'e' and 'i', all apps are cleanly terminated/killed. So if an app does not quit cleanly, it is broken. The correct sequence is: e,i,u,b/o and it is absolutly save. -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
