Stupid man pages
Robert Landsparger
REL at MTUS5.BITNET
Tue Jun 12 16:14:55 AEST 1990
At least this man entry was not changed in the "up-grading":
>man page for reboot:
>
>..skipping some...
>
>OPTIONS
> -d Dump ..etc...
>
> -n Avoid the sync(1). It can be used if a disk or the
> processor is on fire.
>
>...rest of man page....
Excuse me, but can someone tell me why you would want to reboot if the
machine was on fire? Always trying to learn something new! I guess if
the drive head didn't sync and didn't pass through the flames and the
"boot" area was not engulfed in fire, the machine might come back up.
I don't know...
Bob Landsparger
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