Re: Rebooting (was Re: help! /private/vm/swapfile 44MB. How to shrink it?)

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From: Bob Peirce #305
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1992 12:26

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In article <BOB.92Sep8095726@volitans.MorningStar.Com> bob@MorningStar.Com (Bob Sutterfield) writes:
>
>Where's the machismo in rebooting a PC on steroids, with a key labeled
>"Power" on the keyboard?  I bump it half the times I go groping for
>the "~" or "\" keys.

No. No. No.  That's why it took me a year to figure it out.  You never
have to shut the machine off.  You do <CMD><CMD>~ to get to the monitor
and type reboot to sync and reboot.  This skips fsck and brings thing up
real quick.

-- 
Bob Peirce, Pittsburgh, PA         rbp@investor.pgh.pa.us         412-471-5320
venetia@investor.pgh.pa.us [NeXT Mail]  !uunet.uu.net!pitt!investor!rbp [UUCP]

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From: rbp@investor.pgh.pa.us (Bob Peirce #305)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin
Subject: Re: Rebooting (was Re: help! /private/vm/swapfile 44MB. How to shrink it?)
Message-ID: <1992Sep10.122637.6471@investor.pgh.pa.us>
Date: 10 Sep 92 12:26:37 GMT
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