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From: src@scuzzy.in-berlin.de (Heiko Blume)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386
Subject: Re: Rebooting Sys V/386
Keywords: shutdown reboot autoboot
Message-ID: <1991Mar29.134732.11457@scuzzy.in-berlin.de>
Date: 29 Mar 91 13:47:32 GMT
References: <419@srs.UUCP> <1991Mar27.183438.14033@scuzzy.in-berlin.de> <8840@rsiatl.Dixie.Com> <123@astph.UUCP>
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bill@astph.UUCP (Bill Dripps) writes:
>One reason we discovered (why do we always do it the hard way?) is that
>large cache disk adapters do not have enough time to flush disk blocks to
>the drive before the 'init 6' code jerks the reset line.

i KNEW using those cache-suckers is risky, that's why i don't use them.
(altho i think the ones with battery backed up ram won't discard the cache's
contents on reset.)
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