Why to shutdown rather than powe r off computers

From: Iggy Drougge <optimus_at_canit.se>
Date: Fri Apr 27 15:38:22 2001

Bill Pechter skrev:

>> > NetBSD and OpenBSD boxes seem to boot fine, albeit slowly.
>>
>> Of course they boot slowly, they've got to repair all the damage you did.
>> Sheesh!

>Some people don't understand any multitasking OS's.

I've been multitasking since day one, I just don't think that means I have to
multitask on a DECwriter connected to a PDP, as the BSDs seem to think.

>This will go on until he loses major data or trashes some disk structure.

Possibly. Then it's probably bye bye BSD.

>Even AIX's jfs will lose eventually in this situation.
>Sometimes (machine lock up ) you HAVE to do this. Otherwise it's a big
>nono.

It doesn't matter, since it will happen sooner or later. Last year, when I
returned from summer holidays, the power was gone. The NetBSD system spun up
fine, while I never could make the Linux system go multiuser again. No wonder
I don't run Linux on anything any more.

>Yup... What he said.
>Or at least don't expect me to recommend you.

Something tells me I shouldn't put this on my resum?. =)

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