Booting takes too long. Why? (/ was not properly dismounted)

[Rohit]

shutdown -h -o appears to behave the same as simply using halt
I'm glad I dont have to wait for the disc errors anymore
thanks for your help

Rohit


On Tuesday 17 June 2003 15:16, Shantanu Mahajan wrote:
> +-- Rohit [freebsd] [16-06-03 08:42 +0000]:
> | Thanks for your help Jud, you are absolutely right. With issuing the halt
> | command, there are no excessive delays in booting. Inface booting is
> | really fast.
> |
> | Thanks
> |
> | Rohit
>
> 	Rohit:
> 	You mean to say that when you use 'halt' instead of
> 	'shutdown -h', your machince boots faster?
>
> 	Roger:
> 	I don't think that 'shutdown -h' = 'halt'
> 	Rohit is not invoking halt.
> 	'shutdown -h -o' = 'halt'
>
> 	Rohit:
> 	Can you try 'shutdown -h -o' and let us know what's the
> 	result?
>
> 	Regards,
> 	Shantanu
>
> | On Saturday 14 June 2003 20:04, Jud wrote:
> | > On Sat, 14 Jun 2003 12:28:23 +0530, Shantanu Mahajan
> | >
> | > <freebsd at dhumketu.cjb.net> wrote:
> | > > | I shutdown using the shutdown -h now command
> | > > | or reboot using reboot now
> | > >
> | > > 	did you try 'halt'?
> | > > 	what msg. do you see after the shutdown is complete?
> | >
> | > From the halt(8) man page:
> | >
> | > "Normally, the shutdown(8) utility is used when the system needs to be
> | > halted or restarted, giving users advance warning of their impending
> | > doom and cleanly terminating specific programs."
> | >
> | > From the shutdown(8) man page:
> | >
> | > "The following options are available:
> | >      -h      The system is halted at the specified time."
> | >
> | > So Rohit is in fact using 'halt' in the way it is normally invoked, as
> | > an option to 'shutdown.'  Is there a reason that 'halt' without
> | > 'shutdown' would be preferable in this case?
> | >
> | > Jud