In
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
on 04/21/2006
at 01:23 PM, Skip Robinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
>As I understand this explanation, system reset is a definitive manual
> action that guarantees the 'down-ness' of a system. Like the hunter
>'making sure' his buddy is really dead. But a total lack of vital
>signs, like the TV-familiar solid hum of the life monitor, serves
>the same purpose.
No it doesn't. System Reset sends specific signals to the outside
world, at least one example of which, releasing DASD reserves, has
already been noted. Think of it as checking out of an expensive hotel
room rather than simply leaving unannounced.
--
Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz, SysProg and JOAT
ISO position; see <http://patriot.net/~shmuel/resume/brief.html>
We don't care. We don't have to care, we're Congress.
(S877: The Shut up and Eat Your spam act of 2003)
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