[Gllug] sync,sync, init 0

[Simon Stewart]

On Thu, Jul 12, 2001 at 05:21:59PM +0100, john.hearns at framestore.co.uk wrote:
> Simon Stewart wrote:
> > 
> > On Thu, Jul 12, 2001 at 04:35:24PM +0000, t.clarke wrote:
> > >
> > > I thought init did its own syncing when shutting down !
> > 
> > The sysadmin at my university thought otherwise, and there's no
> > mention of sync in the init man page. It might just be a case of
> > "better safe than fscked" though.
> > 
> 
> This has the makings of a good thread. I sense some
> evil shutdown methods on the horizon...

I once moved one of my servers from where it was sitting to the rack
without turning the thing off. Needless to say, the combined weight of
an Athlon 500 (relatively light) and a UPS (relatively heavy) was
enough to make me question Terry Pratchett's work ethic of "indoor
work, no heavy lifting" which should be every good sysadmin's
mantra.... 

I realised that, indeed, the man knew what he was talking about.

Cheers,

Simon

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