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by **Corey Carro** » Tue, 20 Oct 1992 03:58:11

The more I use Unix on our little Unix system here in Dallas, the
more I HATE Dos, and long for an implementation of Unix on my
little PC.

I was wondering, how easy is it to shut Linux down? Relatively
easy? Does it take 5 minutes? What is it like? I'm afraid I
might encounter a blackout and lose data before the system syncs
it out.

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by **Bob Kirkpatri** » Wed, 21 Oct 1992 02:20:30

> The more I use Unix on our little Unix system here in Dallas, the
> more I HATE Dos, and long for an implementation of Unix on my
> little PC.

> I was wondering, how easy is it to shut Linux down? Relatively
> easy? Does it take 5 minutes? What is it like? I'm afraid I
> might encounter a blackout and lose data before the system syncs
> it out.

Hitting the power switch isn't a good idea for any unix. However,
Linux seems to be the most tolerant of any unii out there. Halt
will stop the system in about 10 seconds or so, and I have hit
ctl-alt-delete quite a few times, with no apparent damage. (I
am NOT saying that this is a good idea!) I've also suffered a
power outtage in the middle of a tar extract, and the big deal
there was starting it over again to make sure I didn't have a
partial file somewhere.

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by **Rafal Kustra (summer stude** » Wed, 21 Oct 1992 11:45:36

>The more I use Unix on our little Unix system here in Dallas, the
>more I HATE Dos, and long for an implementation of Unix on my
>little PC.

>I was wondering, how easy is it to shut Linux down? Relatively
>easy? Does it take 5 minutes? What is it like? I'm afraid I
>might encounter a blackout and lose data before the system syncs
>it out.

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It usually takes me 1min. That used to be 10 sec, mind
you, before I installed xdm. In that old days I would say
sync, Cntr-d, and then switch it off. Now with xdm, I
just exit it, wait till I hear update (or 1 min) and
switch it off.
Off course, I am very unsophisticated user, and the only
one, so it suffices. With programs like shutdown (in your
favourite distribution) things are more proffesional.
Update usually kicks in every 30 secs.
So welcome to the Linux club ....

Rafal

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by **Curtis Yarv** » Wed, 21 Oct 1992 12:06:25

>>The more I use Unix on our little Unix system here in Dallas, the
>>more I HATE Dos, and long for an implementation of Unix on my
>>little PC.

>>I was wondering, how easy is it to shut Linux down? Relatively
>>easy?

There's a shutdown program distributed, but it doesn't seem
real flexible; it waits a couple minutes.

Someone should do Unix-style shutdown and rc scripts.

A related question: is Linux fsck reliable? That is,
after a power failure am I always guaranteed that fsck
will fix the damage?

c

by **Jerry Gais** » Thu, 22 Oct 1992 01:18:01

>>>The more I use Unix on our little Unix system here in Dallas, the
>>>more I HATE Dos, and long for an implementation of Unix on my
>>>little PC.

>>>I was wondering, how easy is it to shut Linux down? Relatively
>>>easy?

>There's a shutdown program distributed, but it doesn't seem
>real flexible; it waits a couple minutes.

Hmmm... Try 'shutdown now'. You will get an immediate shutdown.
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by **Elmar Fol** » Thu, 22 Oct 1992 05:19:35

>...
>There's a shutdown program distributed, but it doesn't seem
>real flexible; it waits a couple minutes.

... unless you call it with the parameter 'now'!

Quote:>Someone should do Unix-style shutdown and rc scripts.

Yes. Someone should. I try imagining Linus, back some time last summer,
saying 'someone should write a proper U*X for the PC'...
(got the message?)

Quote:>A related question: is Linux fsck reliable? That is,
>after a power failure am I always guaranteed that fsck
>will fix the damage?

From what I gathered from c.o.l over the last 10 months or so, no, not
absolutely, reliably and everytime. Pity. But please don't start a 'Someone
should ...' again.

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Kind regards, Elmar Folba
Hamburg, Germany

by **Anthony Love** » Thu, 22 Oct 1992 19:35:40

I just type halt and it stops

anthony

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by **Caleb Epste** » Fri, 23 Oct 1992 07:12:32

>There's a shutdown program distributed, but it doesn't seem
>real flexible; it waits a couple minutes.

>Someone should do Unix-style shutdown and rc scripts.

Huh? Shutdown works UNIX style for me. Try these:

shutdown -r now # reboots system ASAP
shutdown -h now # halts system ASAP
shutdown -r +5 # reboots in 5 minutes

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by **Kendall Whitlat** » Sun, 25 Oct 1992 00:13:43

|There's a shutdown program distributed, but it doesn't seem
|real flexible; it waits a couple minutes.
|
You can make it shutdown immediately if you use "shutdown now".
It only takes 10 seconds or so that way.

|A related question: is Linux fsck reliable? That is,
|after a power failure am I always guaranteed that fsck
|will fix the damage?

I wasn't aware that SunOS's fsck guaranteed to fix damaged data on disks.
(My workstation uses SunOS. It's the only other unix I know of.)
Then again I'm not fully conversant with fsck's capabilities.

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