> > A guy I work with says he shuts down his RH 5.0 by tpying:
> >
> > sync;sync;halt
> >
> > I shutdown my RH 5.0 with the command listed in the manual:
> >
> > shutdown -h now
> >
> > Just wondering if there is a difference between the two and is there a
> > preferred method for the sake of the Linux Kernel.
>
The sysadmin in question is probably an old timer... ;^)
That method was the standard under older Unices, to insure that the
buffers were flushed to disk before shutdown.
The shutdown command works nicely and avoids having to wait for the syncs
to finish...
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