Re: Fast shutdown without filesystemcheck on next boot?
> I trying to find a way to shut down my laptop
> *really* quick (1 - 2 seconds) from the console.
>
> I can't wait until all processes have died. What I
> want to do is "sync" - "close all open filehandles"
> "umount" "poweroff"
>
> the problem is that unmount often says that
> some filesystems are busy. So next time I boot I
> have to do a filesystem check which is really annoying.
>
> So how do you force an unmount of a filsystem
> (in a consisten state) even if the processes
> which access the fs haven't died yet? Is there any
> other way to quickly poweroff without getting
> an inconsistant fs?
Use one of those modern journalling file systems.
reiserfs, (SGI's) xfs. Is ext3 out there already?
You could then just turn the machine off.
This will give you a consistent file system with minimal overhead at
reboot. However, you will loose unwritten data.
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