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From: Leisner.Henr@xerox.com (Marty)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: should reboot() sync the filesystem?
Message-ID: <1137@louie.udel.EDU>
Date: 15 Feb 88 17:22:39 GMT
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I'm putting the reboot code back into my copy of Minix (I had it out for a
while).

Looking at the cntrl-al-del boot strategy, shouldn't some clean be done before
reboot?  The 1.1 version (in the book) just reboots on the key-code combination.

What's a good way for the tty task to sync the filesystem? Would just sending a
message start some nasty deadlock scenarios?

I'm currently going to use the PC-AT keyboard controller to pulse the reset
line.  At a later date, I may try to drop back into ms/dos (although I'm not
sure how much work it will be to restore the hardware environment).

marty
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