-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Well... because Linux caches so much stuff it's more likely than not to need to flush it's various caches on shutdown. Also consider that you usually run a multitude of services that keep various files open which may or may not need to be synched up. All in all, while you won't corrupt your registry in some magical way you may do damage to your file system and that can be A Bad Thing(tm)(R). If you really are locked up then you just don't have a choice so you get to cold boot anyway. This particular issue is why you should use a kernel with the sysrq support built in. I used the sequence 'SUB' to Sync all io, Unmount everything it could and reBoot. When that didn't work the system was already hosed anyway but it's an attempt to get somewhere prior to just turning things off. Joshua b. Jore Minneapolis Ward 3, precinct 10 http://www.greentechnologist.org On Mon, 24 Dec 2001, 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. > I know I will get the Linux is not Windows, but wondering if there is > difference? > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Twin Cities Linux Users Group Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > http://www.mn-linux.org > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (OpenBSD) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE8J/m4fexLsowstzcRAl0RAJ9kF9sIkA94miTn6UlfjykAvdmVcgCeMTLq 8YeZgf/LvoqUNZaLnPKN3mM= =ripK -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----