From: bernd@iamk4515.mathematik.uni-karlsruhe.de (Bernd Wiebelt) Subject: Would it be safe to let only reboot do syncs? Date: 31 Mar 1993 10:35:15 GMT
With all those new SYSTEMV-like inits I was wondering if it would
be save to leave update out of my rc-script. After all, the system
syncs if I reboot it (of course, I have to use the soft-reboot),
so I don't know where I should use update. In fact, it seems to
me that using update may be quite more dangerous than forgetting
to sync frequently. If there is a powerdown (pressing reset or
something) if the system is just syncing, then there is a
high probability that my system gets trashed. On the other
hand, if there is such a powerdown with only some data in
the cache, I loose only this data.
So, I tend to leave out update and sync by rebooting or
syncing myself. Could someone tell me, if I am doing
something really dangerous????
Ciao Bernd