Date: Sun, 03 Dec 1995 13:29:44 -0800 From: David Greenman <davidg@Root.COM> To: John Goerzen <jgoerzen@complete.org> Cc: Michael Jamet <mjamet@panix.com>, wlclarke@cats.ucsc.edu, FreeBSD-Questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: USR modem setup [ How to setup auto answer ] Message-ID: <199512032129.NAA00694@corbin.Root.COM> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 02 Dec 95 22:07:13 CST." <Pine.BSF.3.91.951202220540.4729D-100000@complete.org>
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>> PS How do you ctl-alt-del from FreeBSD? > >NEVER, NEVER, NEVER use ctrl-alt-del from within any OS other than DOS. >That includes FreeBSD. NEVER use ctrl-alt-del from within FreeBSD. > >To reboot, login as root and type: > >shutdown -r now > >Rebooting with ctrl-alt-del can corrupt your filesystems and cause data >loss. Sorry for yelling, but this is a very important point. Actually, FreeBSD's handling of ctrl-alt-del is not dangerous. It causes the kernel to do a controlled reboot, almost identical to "reboot" or "shutdown -r now". -DG
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