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Different on Linux?
Authored by: macmike42 on Feb 10, '02 06:58:45PM

On both of my Linux boxes, this behaviour is basically the same as the described behaviour of OS X. "shutdown" will "shut down" all the processes running on the machine, leaving me with a root password prompt for single user mode. "halt" will "halt" the machine, effectively shutting down the hardware. Finally, "reboot" does just what it says.

In Linux however, (not sure about OS X, read yer man pages!) the safe way to do this is always with the shutdown command. "shutdown -h <time>" for halt, "shutdown -r <time>" for reboot, and just plain "shutdown <time>" for single user mode.

Incidentally, on my beige G3, "shutdown" results in the computer nearly instantly powering off. Forget fsck on HFS+, I'll stick with using my DiskWarrior startup CD thanks very much ;-)



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Different on Linux?
Authored by: 128K Mac on Feb 11, '02 02:02:25AM

Amen MacMike42. It just happens, by coincidence, that OSX is most commonly found residing on HFS+ for which DiskWarrior was created.

The fact that it (presently) must run in a Classic/OS9 environment does not mean it isn't tricked out to fix what ails OSX when it's on HFS+ volumes. DW just happens to be a little "new" to assorted Linux and Unix geeks (still in the process of migration). ;)

Look for a DW OS X "version" happening in the near future. It will be carbonized and run in the OS X environment but according to Al Whipple, Mac guru and head of Alsoft, it won't otherwise do a thing the present DW 2.1 doesn't do.



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