Date: Mon, 12 May 1997 13:41:41 -0400 From: "Troy Settle" <rewt@i-Plus.net> To: <dmaddox@scsn.net>, <hackers@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: shutdown Message-ID: <199705120539.BAA04383@Radford.i-Plus.net>
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>On Sun, May 11, 1997 at 12:42:44PM -0400, Chuck Robey wrote: >> On Sun, 11 May 1997, Mr M P Searle wrote: >> >> > Would it break anything if the X server was kept running while shutting down? >> > (Nothing else, just that one process. The root window is set before starting >> > 'halt' - and maybe set again after the 5 seconds.) >> > >> > Michael, who has too much free time... >> >> I think that would mean that /usr couldn't be dismounted, which would mean >> that you wouldn't get a clean shutdown on the /usr filesystem, and it >> would end up being fsck'ed on startup. I have a big disk, and wouldn't >> want to have to wait on that all the time. > >FWIW, I use 'shutdown -h now' all the time from an xterm, and have >never observed any ill-effects... Everything appears to shut down >cleanly, and all the FSs apparently dismount just fine. > I've got 'shutdown -r now' as a menu option under fvwm. Works fine, never had to do an fsck on rebooting. -- Troy Settle <st@i-Plus.net> Network Administrator, iPlus Internet Services http://www.i-Plus.net
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