Date: Sat, 30 Sep 2000 18:32:45 +0600 (LKT) From: Kalum Somaratna aka Grendel <kalum AT lintux DOT cx> X-Sender: kalum AT goatbeard DOT grendel DOT net To: Prashant TR <prashant_tr AT yahoo DOT com> cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com, kalum AT lintux DOT cx Subject: Re: Rebooting the PC In-Reply-To: <20000928140327.21082.qmail@web1005.mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.21.0009282036020.2663-100000@goatbeard.grendel.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Reply-To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com Errors-To: nobody AT delorie DOT com X-Mailing-List: djgpp AT delorie DOT com X-Unsubscribes-To: listserv AT delorie DOT com Precedence: bulk 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 -- .---------------------.---------------------.----{)--. | /"__ ._ _ _ _| _ |`-.grendel AT lintux DOT cx.-'(]__/|| | | \__/ | (-'| |(_|(-'l_ `-===============-' [_] .-: | `--------------------------------------------/|\/| |-'