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| author | http://jeremie.koenig.myopenid.com/ <jk@web> | 2011-07-22 02:09:20 +0200 |
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| committer | GNU Hurd web pages engine <web-hurd@gnu.org> | 2011-07-22 02:09:20 +0200 |
| commit | 63293246d06784612c7dd991eb5575885910b7bb (patch) | |
| tree | f0118f5846aebbfca01d21d6f56311789ef632b7 | |
| parent | 793a7d109946d4cfe49ea614b8e0757735414184 (diff) | |
recommend sync prior to halt
| -rw-r--r-- | hurd/faq/off.mdwn | 13 |
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/hurd/faq/off.mdwn b/hurd/faq/off.mdwn index 363436b0..f1749688 100644 --- a/hurd/faq/off.mdwn +++ b/hurd/faq/off.mdwn @@ -19,3 +19,16 @@ will not work. Simply use the equivalent shortcut $ halt which is provided natively on GNU/Hurd, instead of from SYSV runlevels. + +## Unmounting bug + +Sometimes the root file system is not unmounted cleanly +even when the `halt` command is used to shutdown the system. +Therefore we recommend you use the following command: + + $ sync + +and wait a few seconds before issuing the `halt` command. +An `fsck` may still be triggered on the next boot, +and you may encounter the [[open_issues/e2fsck_i_file_acl_hi]] bug, +but these errors are harmless. |