Re: install_and_reboot target for kernel's...

From: Brooks Davis (brooks_at_one-eyed-alien.net)
Date: 08/04/04

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To: Garance A Drosihn <drosih@rpi.edu>

    On Wed, Aug 04, 2004 at 03:05:38PM -0400, Garance A Drosihn wrote:
    > (aside: I remember someone telling me that it makes more sense
    > to just type 'reboot' than 'shutdown -r now'.

    Not if you actually like your data. "reboot" kills all your processes
    with a blunt object while "shutdown -r now" allows processes that things
    like databases to shut down correctly before wacking the remaining
    hangers on with a blunt object.

    -- Brooks 

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