Path: utzoo!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!mcsun!hp4nl!utrcu1!mi.eltn.utwente.nl!klamer From: klamer@mi.eltn.utwente.nl (Klamer Schutte -- Universiteit Twente) Newsgroups: comp.os.minix Subject: Re: Desperate help needed with my hard disk Message-ID: Date: 12 Mar 91 08:31:46 GMT References: <45942@nigel.ee.udel.edu> <2365@tuvie.UUCP> Sender: news@utrcu1.UUCP Organization: University of Twente, BSC-El Lines: 24 In <2365@tuvie.UUCP> hp@vmars.tuwien.ac.at (Peter Holzer) writes: >cechew@sol1.cs.monash.edu.au (Earl Chew) writes: >>greg@viewlogic.com (Gregory Larkin) writes: >>>related question: say I have 3 HD partitions mounted. I log out. Is >>> it safe to reboot at this time, or must all >>> partitions be umounted first? >>No. You must sync all file systems before rebooting. I also unmount all file >>systems before sync(). In the umount() call is a sync() inclusive -- so if you unmounted all non-volatile file systems (all but /dev/ram) you don't have to sync any more. (Side note -- i only sync, and do not umount. Can't because / == harddisk. Never encounter any problems, though ) Klamer -- Klamer Schutte Faculty of electrical engineering -- University of Twente, The Netherlands klamer@mi.eltn.utwente.nl {backbone}!mcsun!mi.eltn.utwente.nl!klamer