Date:	Sat, 30 Sep 2000 18:32:45 +0600 (LKT)
From:	Kalum Somaratna aka Grendel <kalum AT lintux DOT cx>
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To:	Prashant TR <prashant_tr AT yahoo DOT com>
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Subject:	Re: Rebooting the PC
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On  Thu, 28 Sep 2000, Prashant TR said the following magic words,

> 
> --- Kalum Somaratna aka Grendel <kalum AT lintux DOT cx>
> wrote:
> > The fact whether the port command will cause a write
> > caching enabled disk
> > cache to flush its cache before the reboot is not
> > mentioned (ie the safety
> > factors of the various methods). Although it should
> > happen, as AFAIK most
> > disk caches hook the keyboard interrupt to intercept
> > CTRL-ALT-DEL and
> > flush its buffers before the reboot.
> 
> Rebooting != Ctrl-Alt-Del.

Hmm...strange...Ctrl-Alt-Del is supposed to do a reboot (A soft
reboot).....????

Best Wishes,
Grendel

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