Date:         Thu, 25 Jul 1996 09:52:46 -0700 (PDT)
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From:         "Thom Fitzpatrick" <thom@calweb.com>
Subject:      Re: I had to reboot my '66!!! [f]

And McGinnis Terry thus wrote:
> 
> I always dislike cycling power to reboot, maybe you should install a reset
> switch and a 15 or 20 second timer, along with a solid state relay to reboot
> just the clock (after all, most splitties only need a complete reboot after the

I agree.  At least you should do a "sync;sync;sync" before you hit
L1-A

Just a hint: fastboot(1) skips the disk checks on the way up,
cutting down the boot time considerably.  See also fasthalt(1)
and format(1)

Thom
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