From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MOhGn-0001el-Io for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Thu, 09 Jul 2009 00:13:49 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 6571BE0651; Thu, 9 Jul 2009 00:13:48 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ironport2-out.teksavvy.com (ironport2-out.teksavvy.com [206.248.154.182]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5BBB2E0651 for ; Thu, 9 Jul 2009 00:13:48 +0000 (UTC) X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AjkFACfTVEpFxIfS/2dsb2JhbACBUc9ohAgFhlM X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.42,371,1243828800"; d="scan'208";a="41272561" Received: from 69-196-135-210.dsl.teksavvy.com (HELO waltdnes.org) ([69.196.135.210]) by ironport2-out.teksavvy.com with SMTP; 08 Jul 2009 20:13:46 -0400 Received: by waltdnes.org (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Wed, 08 Jul 2009 20:13:39 -0400 From: "Walter Dnes" Date: Wed, 8 Jul 2009 20:13:39 -0400 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] eee PC crashes on shutdown. Message-ID: <20090709001339.GB9136@waltdnes.org> References: <20090708225346.4f7d91e3@zaphod.digimed.co.uk> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20090708225346.4f7d91e3@zaphod.digimed.co.uk> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.16 (2007-06-09) X-Archives-Salt: 4058776b-bfd8-41ed-bdc1-9d0bed8f5eb4 X-Archives-Hash: 93ac748eca87221750e4f820b32ce7a4 On Wed, Jul 08, 2009 at 10:53:46PM +0100, Neil Bothwick wrote > On Wed, 8 Jul 2009 12:27:02 -0600, Maxim Wexler wrote: > > > Now I have to hold down the off/on button and pray the SSD doesn't > > croak when I reboot. Very scary messages about non-contiguous files > > and a forced reboot. > > Why? Magic SysRq keys are a much safer option. Or, failing that, at least issue the command "sync" from a text console just before "offing" your computer. -- Walter Dnes