Date: Wed, 16 Jun 1999 14:29:38 +0200 From: Stefan `Sec` Zehl <sec@42.org> To: Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@flood.ping.uio.no> Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: / not properly unmounted ? Message-ID: <19990616142937.A24601@matrix.42.org> In-Reply-To: <xzplndkcoz7.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no>; from Dag-Erling Smorgrav on Wed, Jun 16, 1999 at 02:24:44PM %2B0200 References: <19990616033308.A16652@matrix.42.org> <xzplndkcoz7.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no>
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On Wed, Jun 16, 1999 at 02:24:44PM +0200, Dag-Erling Smorgrav wrote:
> 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.
So you mean "halt -p" is supposed to not unmount things cleanly ?
If so, what is the sanctioned way of halt&powerdown a box, or for that
matter why didn't it happen with earlier make world's ?
CU,
Sec
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