On 20 Aug 1998, Gary L. Hennigan wrote:
How about something like mount -o remount ro -a after umount -a in /etc/init.d/reboot & halt? See something like /usr/doc/tips??? (PS Don't use this without verification - I don't know what I'm doing!) > Keith Beattie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > | David B. Teague wrote: > | > > | > The problem is that SOMETIMES, not frequently, > | > > | > shutdown -h now > | > > | > will stop before unmounting drives > | > > | > The correct answer is to upgrade, but is there anything I could > | > do in the interim? > | > > | > I have a draconian set of deadlines, and I don't want to do anything > | > that could result in this machine going down for any length of time. > | > > | > | Don't shutdown your machine. > | > | [ducking under desk] > | > | Ok, Ok, I have some real ideas to consider... > | > | Idea #1 - umount the drives yourself: > | > | sync;sync;sync > | umount -a > | shutdown -h now > | > | Idea #2 - have shutdown wait a period of time before actually shutting > | down > | > | shutdown -h +5 # Check my syntax on the +5 > | > | Idea #3 - some combination of the above ideas > | > | sync;sync;sync > | umount -a > | shutdown -h +5 > > syncs aren't necessary if you're umounting the drive anyway. umount > causes the buffer for that device to be flushed before it actually > unmounts the device. > > Gary > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > > +--------------------------------------------------+ | Mike Nachlinger (408) 446-9914 [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | Apres Ski Club 1-888-APRESGO www.apres.org | +--------------------------------------------------+
