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#1 User is offline   Matt 

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Posted 16 April 2006 - 11:09 PM

Found this while browsing digg. Looks pretty comprehensive, but I'll let the experts decide that :rolleyes:
Anyhow, check it out: Linux guide for newbies

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Posted 25 April 2006 - 01:00 AM

Thanks. It seems really helpful so I bookmarked it.

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Posted 04 May 2006 - 09:33 PM

add to How do I shut down my machine?
sync
halt
shutdown -h now

(or your WM or DM has a shutdown or reboot buton)

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Posted 05 May 2006 - 12:00 AM

View Posticcaros, on May 4 2006, 10:33 PM, said:

add to How do I shut down my machine?
sync
halt
shutdown -h now

(or your WM or DM has a shutdown or reboot buton)


I'd also add shutdown -p now just for reference.

This post has been edited by Carnevil: 05 May 2006 - 12:12 AM

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Posted 05 May 2006 - 12:05 AM

this below is from the man page, I am not sure what the real difference is. They seem similar, but kind of different

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-h Halt or poweroff after shutdown.

-P Halt action is to turn off the power.


Is sync really nessesary, doesn't flushing the buffers happen automatically by running shutdown?

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Posted 05 May 2006 - 01:05 AM

View Postshanenin, on May 4 2006, 10:05 PM, said:

Is sync really nessesary, doesn't flushing the buffers happen automatically by running shutdown?

Yeah.

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Posted 05 May 2006 - 01:05 AM

only if drives are mounted with the sync option, which most are, but flash drives and fat drives are not by default

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Posted 05 May 2006 - 01:55 AM

View Posticcaros, on May 4 2006, 11:05 PM, said:

only if drives are mounted with the sync option, which most are, but flash drives and fat drives are not by default

Link? AFAIK only the last six words of that sentence are correct ;)
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