Matt Posted April 17, 2006 Report Share Posted April 17, 2006 Found this while browsing digg. Looks pretty comprehensive, but I'll let the experts decide that Anyhow, check it out: Linux guide for newbiesMatt Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mychal007 Posted April 25, 2006 Report Share Posted April 25, 2006 Thanks. It seems really helpful so I bookmarked it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
iccaros Posted May 5, 2006 Report Share Posted May 5, 2006 add to How do I shut down my machine?sync haltshutdown -h now(or your WM or DM has a shutdown or reboot buton) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Carnevil Posted May 5, 2006 Report Share Posted May 5, 2006 (edited) add to How do I shut down my machine?sync haltshutdown -h now(or your WM or DM has a shutdown or reboot buton)I'd also add shutdown -p now just for reference. Edited May 5, 2006 by Carnevil Quote Link to post Share on other sites
shanenin Posted May 5, 2006 Report Share Posted May 5, 2006 this below is from the man page, I am not sure what the real difference is. They seem similar, but kind of different-h Halt or poweroff after shutdown.-P Halt action is to turn off the power.Is sync really nessesary, doesn't flushing the buffers happen automatically by running shutdown? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jcl Posted May 5, 2006 Report Share Posted May 5, 2006 Is sync really nessesary, doesn't flushing the buffers happen automatically by running shutdown?Yeah. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
iccaros Posted May 5, 2006 Report Share Posted May 5, 2006 only if drives are mounted with the sync option, which most are, but flash drives and fat drives are not by default Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jcl Posted May 5, 2006 Report Share Posted May 5, 2006 only if drives are mounted with the sync option, which most are, but flash drives and fat drives are not by defaultLink? AFAIK only the last six words of that sentence are correct Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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