Subject: Re: Shutting the machine down
To: None <Dan.McMahill@sciatl.com, port-mac68k@NetBSD.ORG>
From: World Scientific Publishing US Office <wspc@MAPLE.NIS.NET>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 07/17/1996 13:02:18
At 9:15 PM 7/16/96, Dan.McMahill@sciatl.com wrote:
>
>I have been simply using "halt".  This syncs disks and turns
>my IIci off.  Am I doing something even worse?  (Sorry for the
>simple question, but it seems that there are others as confused
>as I).
>
        What does "syncs disks" mean?
        BTW I was asking if there is any difference between
        "shutdown -h now" and "halt", and I have heard nothing
        back yet.
Frank