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From: dillon@flea.best.net (Matt Dillon)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Powering Down
Date: 15 Jul 1997 00:04:25 -0700
Organization: Best Internet Communications, Inc. - 415 964 BEST
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:In article <lo4cq5.cae.ln@shift.lan.awfulhak.org>,
:Brian Somers <brian@awfulhak.org, brian@utell.co.uk> wrote:
:>In article <5qa4v0$e5h$1@flea.best.net>,
:> dillon@flea.best.net (Matt Dillon) writes:
::>> For good measure, I do a couple of 'sync' commands before reboot, kinda
:>> like a mantra: sync, sync, reboot. (p.s. this is actually three sync's
:>> because reboot also does a sync)... mainly because I have never in my
:>> life trusted the kernel (any kernel) to wait for the disks to completely
:>> finish the flush before the system hard-resets the box.
:>
:>And you expect sync to do anything ? All that does is
:>"schedule" any outstanding writes. Nothing's guaranteed.
Excuse me? I guess you've never tried to do it yourself, but last I
heard disks were quite a bit faster then fingers. Take the posting for
what it is and think a bit next time before you make such a silly remark.
-Matt