X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2006 17:02:32 -0500 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: Reboot vs. Restart Windows Message-ID: <20061030220232.GA7996@trixie.casa.cgf.cx> Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com References: <4544180A.5030200@umiacs.umd.edu> <454418B2.7080107@cwilson.fastmail.fm> <45441EC9.7070506@umiacs.umd.edu> <17393e3e0610282033p42489855ia8f6c4a287a60627@mail.gmail.com> <4544242D.7040706@umiacs.umd.edu> <4544887D.F92A899@dessent.net> <4544CE14.40603@umiacs.umd.edu> <4545F66A.6020008@umiacs.umd.edu> <36966.130.49.222.185.1162241640.squirrel@webmail.cs.pitt.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <36966.130.49.222.185.1162241640.squirrel@webmail.cs.pitt.edu> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com On Mon, Oct 30, 2006 at 03:54:00PM -0500, Benjamin Madore wrote: >So as to add to the confusion... > >At one point, and maybe still, you could "Restart Windows" without rebooting >your computer. If I recall correctly, it would drop to the subsystem (DOS?) >and a message stating "Restarting Windows..." would display on your screen. > >So, restarting was not necessarily rebooting at one time. I don't know how >this plays out, though, as either would do what you wanted. > >BTW, can one say they restarted Cygwin without restarting windows? Does that >make sense? No, it doesn't. Can we move on now, please? cgf -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/