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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!uunet!mcsun!Germany.EU.net!news From: bs@Germany.EU.net (Bernard Steiner) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: Re: about XFree86-1.3 ... Date: 13 Aug 1993 10:47:35 +0200 Organization: EUnet Deutschland GmbH, Dortmund, Germany Lines: 17 Distribution: world Message-ID: <24fkf7$6tq@Germany.EU.net> References: <Anonymous.1.745210766@vax9k.nchu.edu.tw> NNTP-Posting-Host: qwerty.germany.eu.net In article <Anonymous.1.745210766@vax9k.nchu.edu.tw>, Anonymous@vax9k.nchu.edu.tw (Public Account) writes: |> cd /tmp |> mv /386bsd /386bsd.alt |> mv 386bsd /386bsd |> shutdown -r now |> |> when I move the 386bsd to /386bsd and reboot again, |> then the system show "386bsd not found .....", |> why ? Iff there is a file /tmp/386bsd, then the only reason I see for this behaviour is that / and /386bsd don't get properly sync()'d. So, apply three sync commands before you shutdown (BTW Rumour has it that having to do this is an urban legend :) -Bernard