Re: How does Linux shutdown?

2003-06-12 Thread Paul Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wed, Jun 11, 2003 at 12:03:50PM -0400, Chun Kit Edwin Lau wrote: I am curious about how Linux does the shutdown. The kernel send the TERM signal to all processes when the shutdown is initiated. But does the kernel wait for the every

How does Linux shutdown?

2003-06-11 Thread Chun Kit Edwin Lau
Hi everyone, I am curious about how Linux does the shutdown. The kernel send the TERM signal to all processes when the shutdown is initiated. But does the kernel wait for the every process to finish before the kernel halt? If not, will there be data lost then? -- Edwin ERTW Lau --

Re: How does Linux shutdown?

2003-06-11 Thread Colin Watson
On Wed, Jun 11, 2003 at 12:03:50PM -0400, Chun Kit Edwin Lau wrote: I am curious about how Linux does the shutdown. The kernel send the TERM signal to all processes when the shutdown is initiated. But does the kernel wait for the every process to finish before the kernel halt? If not,

Re: How does Linux shutdown?

2003-06-11 Thread Jeffrey L. Taylor
Quoting Chun Kit Edwin Lau [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Hi everyone, I am curious about how Linux does the shutdown. The kernel send the TERM signal to all processes when the shutdown is initiated. But does the kernel wait for the every process to finish before the kernel halt? If not, will

Re: How does Linux shutdown?'

2003-06-11 Thread Nathan Poznick
Thus spake Chun Kit Edwin Lau: Hi everyone, I am curious about how Linux does the shutdown. The kernel send the TERM signal to all processes when the shutdown is initiated. But does the kernel wait for the every process to finish before the kernel halt? If not, will there be data