From 63293246d06784612c7dd991eb5575885910b7bb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "http://jeremie.koenig.myopenid.com/" Date: Fri, 22 Jul 2011 02:09:20 +0200 Subject: recommend sync prior to halt --- hurd/faq/off.mdwn | 13 +++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+) (limited to 'hurd/faq/off.mdwn') 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. -- cgit v1.2.3 From d0d1e7f069a370003b1a889b9c6f61822bba44fd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "http://jeremie.koenig.myopenid.com/" Date: Fri, 22 Jul 2011 02:26:39 +0200 Subject: link to sync_but_still_unclean_filesystem instead --- hurd/faq/off.mdwn | 15 +++------------ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-) (limited to 'hurd/faq/off.mdwn') diff --git a/hurd/faq/off.mdwn b/hurd/faq/off.mdwn index f1749688..64009101 100644 --- a/hurd/faq/off.mdwn +++ b/hurd/faq/off.mdwn @@ -20,15 +20,6 @@ will not work. Simply use the equivalent shortcut 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. +Note that due to a bug, +we [[recommend you run syncfs|open_issues/sync_but_still_unclean_filesystem]] +prior to issuing the `halt` command. -- cgit v1.2.3