Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2000 20:15:14 +0200
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	(message from Kalum Somaratna aka Grendel on Wed, 27 Sep 2000 19:50:47
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Subject: Re: Rebooting the PC
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> Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2000 19:50:47 +0600 (LKT)
> From: Kalum Somaratna aka Grendel <kalum AT lintux DOT cx>
> 
> 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).

Whoever wants to reboot the PC should not come back crying that some
of the buffered data is lost...