Re: [LI] Linux Single

["Binand Raj S." <binand@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

sudheer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx forced the electrons to say:
> But, is it necessary to issue 'sync'. I think, while giving reboot, first
> it unmounts the FS, in that case a sync will be done by the system.
> Am i right?

Yes, but when you are using the disk sets from RHL, the shell you get
from the ramdisk halts the system when you type control-D. There are
no sync/umount issued.  I have actually noticed this (after editing
/etc/passwd, without the sync, the changes were never saved).

Another situation is what you mentioned - power off the system if
necessary.  There is no time to sync and umount the filesystems. You
have to manually issue these commands.

Binand

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