shutdown -r instead of reboot? (was Re: ack! I've hosed init

1998-12-09 Thread Ralf G. R. Bergs
On Wed, 09 Dec 1998 00:33:53 +0100, Miquel van Smoorenburg wrote: Besides, it is good practice to use shutdown -r now instead of reboot. Or just press ctrlaltdel, because then init just calls the command shutdown -r now for you. Could you please explain why? Thanks. -- Ralf G. R. Bergs *

Re: shutdown -r instead of reboot? (was Re: ack! I've hosed init

1998-12-09 Thread Miquel van Smoorenburg
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], Ralf G. R. Bergs [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, 09 Dec 1998 00:33:53 +0100, Miquel van Smoorenburg wrote: Besides, it is good practice to use shutdown -r now instead of reboot. Or just press ctrlaltdel, because then init just calls the command shutdown -r now for