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To: Stefan `Sec` Zehl <sec@42.org>
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Subject: Re: / not properly unmounted ?
References: <19990616033308.A16652@matrix.42.org>
From: Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@flood.ping.uio.no>
Date: 16 Jun 1999 14:24:44 +0200
In-Reply-To: Stefan `Sec` Zehl's message of "Wed, 16 Jun 1999 03:33:08 +0200"
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Stefan `Sec` Zehl <sec@42.org> writes:
> WARNING: / was not properly dismounted
>  and a subsquent fsck happens which has no (visible) effect.
> 
> I do use 'halt -p' to turn off my box.

Either don't use 'halt -p', or disable write caching on your disk
drives - or hack the kernel to pause for five seconds or something
before switching off the power.

DES
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Dag-Erling Smorgrav - des@flood.ping.uio.no


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