On Fri, 22 Mar 2024 at 22:46, Diane Bruce via cctalk
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> sync;sync;sync
> power off
>
> I remember it well.
In my 1st journalist job, at PC Pro Magazine in 1995, I used that to
turn off a review SPARC portable. My new boss was delighted and
apparently, unbidden, I thereby proved my xNix
On Saturday, March 23rd, 2024 at 16:35, Fred Cisin via cctalk
wrote:
> > > You say that like fsck is reliable now...
> > There's a reason it's only one letter off.
>
> I've always wondered, . . .
> "Feature" or "bug"?
> Deliberate, or one of possibly many errors in development?
I recall
You say that like fsck is reliable now...
On Sat, 23 Mar 2024, Cameron Kaiser via cctalk wrote:
There's a reason it's only one letter off.
I've always wondered, . . .
"Feature" or "bug"?
Deliberate, or one of possibly many errors in development?
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> You say that like fsck is reliable now...
There's a reason it's only one letter off.
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> On Mar 23, 2024, at 11:04 AM, Doc Shipley via cctalk
> wrote:
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> On 3/23/24 09:53, Paul Koning via cctalk wrote:
>> Yes. So Unix did have a shutdown procedure, and it was particularly
>> critical to do it and do it right. I remember when I first heard about
>> Unix, when at the U of
I remember it as kill -9 1 then sync halt
Or sync sync halt
On March 23, 2024 2:53:56 PM GMT, Paul Koning via cctalk
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>> On Mar 22, 2024, at 6:38 PM, Diane Bruce via cctalk
>> wrote:
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>> On Fri, Mar 22, 2024 at 11:00:25PM +0100, Warner Losh via cctalk wrote:
>>> On Fri, Mar 22,
On 3/23/24 09:53, Paul Koning via cctalk wrote:
Yes. So Unix did have a shutdown procedure, and it was particularly critical
to do it and do it right. I remember when I first heard about Unix, when at
the U of Illinois -- some PDP11s in the Center for Advanced Computation ran it,
for
> On Mar 22, 2024, at 6:38 PM, Diane Bruce via cctalk
> wrote:
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> On Fri, Mar 22, 2024 at 11:00:25PM +0100, Warner Losh via cctalk wrote:
>> On Fri, Mar 22, 2024, 10:54 PM Zane Healy via cctalk
> ...
>> Even v7 Unix didn't have halt or reboot.
>
> sync;sync;sync
> power off
>
> I
On Fri, Mar 22, 2024 at 11:00:25PM +0100, Warner Losh via cctalk wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 22, 2024, 10:54 PM Zane Healy via cctalk
...
> Even v7 Unix didn't have halt or reboot.
sync;sync;sync
power off
I remember it well.
>
> Warner
>
> >
>
Diane
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On Fri, Mar 22, 2024, 10:54 PM Zane Healy via cctalk
wrote:
> On Mar 21, 2024, at 6:19 PM, W2HX via cctalk
> wrote:
> >
> > I just got a pdp-11 to boot and it seems to have rt-11 installed. How
> do I do an orderly shutdown? Google has info on simh but this ain't that.
> >
> > Thanks!
> > 73
On Mar 21, 2024, at 6:19 PM, W2HX via cctalk wrote:
>
> I just got a pdp-11 to boot and it seems to have rt-11 installed. How do I
> do an orderly shutdown? Google has info on simh but this ain't that.
>
> Thanks!
> 73 Eugene w2hx
In this respect it’s similar to many personal computer OS’s
> On Mar 22, 2024, at 10:59 AM, Jerry Weiss wrote:
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> I make sure that any disk squeeze is complete and other programs are
> quiescence.
Good point -- while the OS doesn't have a shutdown procedure, some application
and utilities don't want to be interrupted in the middle of specific
I make sure that any disk squeeze is complete and other programs are
quiescence.
Then I just halt the processor or emulator.
Jerry
On 3/22/24 8:23 AM, Paul Koning via cctalk wrote:
On Mar 21, 2024, at 9:35 PM, W2HX via cctalk wrote:
Ok, Bill. Still feels strange. No need to park the HD
> On Mar 21, 2024, at 9:35 PM, W2HX via cctalk wrote:
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> Ok, Bill. Still feels strange. No need to park the HD head either I guess.
DEC disks do that themselves, at power down.
paul
W2HX
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From: Bill Gunshannon via cctalk
Sent: Thursday, March 21, 2024 9:23 PM
To: W2HX via cctalk
Cc: Bill Gunshannon
Subject: [cctalk] Re: How to shutdown RT11?
On 3/21/2024 9:19 PM, W2HX via cctalk wrote
On 3/21/2024 9:19 PM, W2HX via cctalk wrote:
I just got a pdp-11 to boot and it seems to have rt-11 installed. How do I do
an orderly shutdown? Google has info on simh but this ain't that.
Thanks!
73 Eugene w2hx
Turn off the power switch. Unlike most other OSes people here
are
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