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Date:      Mon, 11 Dec 2000 14:03:01 -0800
From:      Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net>
To:        Pascal Willemssen <178045pw@student.eur.nl>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: NEWBIE question:  How robust is FreeBSD 4.1 ie. can i turn off and on without doing a shutdown
Message-ID:  <20001211140301.N16205@fw.wintelcom.net>
In-Reply-To: <000c01c063bd$e4871280$140b643e@g8m1v7>; from 178045pw@student.eur.nl on Mon, Dec 11, 2000 at 11:01:18PM %2B0100
References:  <000c01c063bd$e4871280$140b643e@g8m1v7>

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* Pascal Willemssen <178045pw@student.eur.nl> [001211 13:59] wrote:
> 
> So my question is, is it harmful to turn it of without using any
> commands, for example when it just booted and is showing the login
> prompt (which is enough for the gateway services i installed anyway).

Please wrap lines at 70 characters.

Yes it is harmful to do that, you should use a safe shutdown, or
you can even press control+alt+delete then kill the power after it
reboots.

-- 
-Alfred Perlstein - [bright@wintelcom.net|alfred@freebsd.org]
"I have the heart of a child; I keep it in a jar on my desk."


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