On Mon, Dec 24, 2001 at 09:27:31AM -0600, Terry Houle wrote: > Probably a dump question but I got some Linux decals that say > "Warning:Turning off the power or pressing reset switch could lose contents > of hard drive. If you must restart this system, please get help or use > Ctrl-Alt-Del". My question is if Linux is more of a problem than Windows if > shutdown improperly? Sometimes in Windows even the Ctrl-Alt-Del won't work > and I have to reset. I know it is not good but the only option in Windows > when it hangs up. It depends. You can have bad luck... I got the box to hang on me a couple of times (*) and nothing bad happened. Of course the files I had open were more or less toasted, but the box came up fine. Ext3 in full journal mode is supposed to alleviate most of the problems. > I know I will get the Linux is not Windows, but wondering if there is > difference? Most of the time, in this respect, no. florin (*) KDE + X driver or mozilla + X driver -- "If it's not broken, let's fix it till it is." 41A9 2BDE 8E11 F1C5 87A6 03EE 34B3 E075 3B90 DFE4 -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 230 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://shadowknight.real-time.com/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20011227/9a98664f/attachment.pgp