Shutting down cleanly ... sync; sync; sync;y

From: Alex Holden <alex_at_linuxhacker.org>
Date: Sat Apr 28 16:02:13 2001

On Sat, 28 Apr 2001, Bill Pechter wrote:
> sync <return>
> sync <return>
> sync <return>
> and push the halt switch down
> generated enough sync's and time delays for even the older Dec
> controllers to flush all the buffers and then halt.

Why was it necessary to run sync three times in a row rather than just
running it once and waiting for a few seconds?

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