On Sat, 2001-11-24 at 11:52, ABrady wrote: > On Sat, 24 Nov 2001 16:50:08 +0800 (PHT) > Redhat mailing list <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> implied: > > Is it possible to shutdown linux thru power switch instead of > > CTRL-ALT-DEL or shutdown command?? > > Sure, if you're willing to wait for it to check all of the partitions at > boot each times, and BIG partitions can take a loooonnnggg time to > check. Or shutting down without using the shutdown command can possibly > corrupt a partition, make you go to single-user mode for maintenance, > manually run fsk on bad partitions, then reboot. > > If you don't mind going through those possibilities every time, have fun > hitting the power switch. If you'd rather start the machine and not have > to babysit it while it boots (and/or possibly have a major repair > nightmare and the loss of data), using shutdown commands can make that > happen. And it'll have the added bonus of making booting faster.
Well, ext3 would probably help in this situation, but I still would not recommend depending on it to make up for routine improper shutdowns. Tony -- Anthony E. Greene <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://www.pobox.com/~agreene/> PGP Key: 0x6C94239D/7B3D BD7D 7D91 1B44 BA26 C484 A42A 60DD 6C94 239D Chat: AOL/Yahoo: TonyG05 Linux. The choice of a GNU generation <http://www.linux.org/> _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
