On 2012-01-03, Bob Proulx <b...@proulx.com> wrote: > >> Now you say rebooting requires and entails the exact same electrical >> event as a poweroff? I don't quite understand. You mean that reboot >> powers off the machine, and then turns it back on again immediately, >> whereas a shutdown/poweroff simply powers the machine off? =20 > > Isn't that the way that it works? I always thought that it did. All > of the behavior indicates to me that it does. But I could easily be > wrong about it. Perhaps one of our loyal readers will know the answer > off the top of their head and will type in a response concerning > actual power supply operation. Otherwise I will need to put a probe > on the power pins and determine the answer by looking.
Wikipedia says a soft reboot involves restarting the computer under software control without removing power, whereas a hard reboot according to them is some sort of unfortunate accident (or desperate last-ditch alternative to an unresponsive system) in which the power is cut and then restored without a proper shutdown procedure having taken place. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebooting_(computing) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/slrnjg8921.51q.cu...@einstein.electron.org
