MicroVAX 3100 booting... (now WinNT shutdown)

From: emanuel stiebler <emu_at_ecubics.com>
Date: Thu Apr 26 11:51:26 2001

John Foust wrote:
>
> At 05:10 PM 4/26/01 +0100, Kevin Murrell wrote:
> >"Writing unsaved data to disk". Why would some file system
> >data remain in memory, even after minutes or hours of relative
> >
> >Isn't most of this time spent trying to get various system services to stop?
> >I know that a machine with Exchange Server on will take ages.
> >Notice there is *very* little disk activity during this period.
>
> So why doesn't the message say "Halting system services"? :-)

because it is neither a system, nor does it any service to you ?
;-)
 
> Then again, it's not like WinNT is running the Space Station Alpha
> or anything really important. It's just my hard disk and data.

And data are safe anyway. (being on a different machine, runing an OS)
Because you use this Win*&*& just as a terminal ;-)

cheers
Received on Thu Apr 26 2001 - 11:51:26 BST