Date: Wed, 18 Aug 1999 20:57:26 -0700 From: Kent Stewart <kstewart@3-cities.com> To: Evren Yurtesen <yurtesen@ispro.net.tr> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: "shutdown -h now" risk? Message-ID: <37BB80A6.DDB7111E@3-cities.com> References: <99081723302100.00453@Tomer.Home.Org> <37B9D09B.3224B635@3-cities.com> <37BB1F37.EBE94366@ispro.net.tr>
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Evren Yurtesen wrote: > > I did not know that "shutdown -h now" is dangerous, > what is the problem with it? You misunderstood. If you don't do a shutdown, you put your system at risk. Anything short is hitting the reset button or the power switch. Kent > > Kent Stewart wrote: > > > > Tomer Weller wrote: > > > > > > Does FreeBSD do a hard reset or a soft reset ? (sorry for the newbie question) > > > If it soft resets, how can I change that to hard ? > > > > If you do anything short of a "shutdown -h now", you are putting your > > system at risk. How big a chance do you feel like taking. Is your > > system important? > > > > Kent > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > > -- > > Kent Stewart > > Richland, WA > > > > mailto:kstewart@3-cities.com > > http://www.3-cities.com/~kstewart/index.html > > > > SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) @ Home > > http://setiathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/ > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- Kent Stewart Richland, WA mailto:kstewart@3-cities.com http://www.3-cities.com/~kstewart/index.html SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) @ Home http://setiathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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