martin f krafft <madduck@debian.org> [2002-08-05 11:18:43 +0200]: > also sprach Bob Proulx <bob@proulx.com> [2002.08.04.1846 +0200]: > > That is not needed. Just reboot normally (which sync's the buffer > unless /var is mounted, /sbin/shutdown won't work. so your only > options are a cold/warm reset or an exit to the shell, which will > result in a kernel panic. in both cases is the disk not unmounted > properly. Hmm... I guess my normal shutdown has been /sbin/reboot. :-) But more seriously, unless a user has a large collections of partitions usually /var will be mounted at that time. For the typical case it will work. For the case where a user has to ask then most likely it will work. Only in the power user case where heavy customization has been set up will it fail and in that case the user should already know how to deal with it. (I know I should not say that because everyone has their own favorite methods of partitioning disk space and mounting them. No need to flail on that horse here.) Bob
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