init 3 is useful for updating a system, as it eliminates a lot of
extraneous stuff that you may not want running.
Or even init 1 (single user mode ) if necessary.
Jared
| Brian Dunbar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> cc: Subject: RE: Reboot Solaris and Oracle 9i install |
[EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] on Monday, October
13, 2003 11:44 said;
> Solaris, I believe, uses the System V shutdown command. Although you
> could use init to switch to the appropriate reboot runlevel, the typical
> way to reboot a Solaris system is:
> # /etc/shutdown -i 6 -g 0 -y
> I'll assume you haven't mucked with your inittab.
> (This provides no grace period for users to log off. Adjust -g
> appropriately.)
For some reason, my habit is to use the init commands (init 6 for example)
to restart workstations, and /etc/shutdown for workstations.
Is there any reason the list is aware of to prefer one over the other?
~brian
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