Date: Wed, 2 Aug 2000 14:02:47 -0400 (EDT) From: "R. David Murray" <bitz@bitdance.com> To: Warner Losh <imp@village.org> Cc: Siegbert Baude <siegbert.baude@gmx.de>, "Corey G." <cgaff@flashcom.net>, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Suggestion for change of /usr/src/UPDATING (was: Re: HEADS UP! Always use the 'make buildkernel' target to make yer kernels) Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0008021356270.26800-100000@twirl.bitdance.com> In-Reply-To: <200008021737.LAA92698@harmony.village.org>
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On Wed, 2 Aug 2000, Warner Losh wrote: > : <follow rebuild disk /dev entries above> [1] > : --> reboot <-- > : <in single user> [...] > : This line should be "shutdown now", isn't it? Any further suggestions to > : make life of Warner easier? > > No. It should be "reboot" since that's the simplest thing. "shutdown > now" doesn't cause the machine to reboot, but merely causes the > processor to halt. It is the same thing as "halt," unless you have > users on the machine, in which case they will get a nice message > before the machine dies.... Um, not in my experience. Shutdown now shuts you down to single user mode without rebooting, it does *not* do a halt. I thought the 'reboot' was so that you were sure the new kernel *would* boot before you did the installworld. Even if the modules changed you can back out of the installkernel relatively easily, but it's a lot harder to back out of the installworld. --RDM To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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