8173 – update to gentoo 1.4 sync;sync;sync

Bug 8173 - update to gentoo 1.4 sync;sync;sync

Summary: update to gentoo 1.4 sync;sync;sync

Status:	RESOLVED FIXED

Alias:	None

Product:	Websites
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	[OLD] Articles (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All Linux

Importance:	High normal (vote)
Assignee:	Martin Schlemmer (RETIRED)

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Reported:	2002-09-21 03:09 UTC by Take Vos
Modified:	2002-12-08 15:14 UTC (History)
CC List:	0 users

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Description Take Vos 2002-09-21 03:09:53 UTC

Hello, 
 
a single sync is not anough to ensure all data is written to the disc, which is 
why it states: "sync;sync" in /etc/init.d/halt.sh 
 
sync	# commit inodes to buffers 
sync	# commit buffers to disk 
sync	# for luck 
 
Have a nice day.

Comment 1 Martin Schlemmer (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2002-12-08 15:14:56 UTC

Ok, added with a sleep to halt.sh.