[OpenIndiana-discuss] OI boot problem

[Richard L. Hamilton]

On Mar 27, 2011, at 8:47 AM, Chris Ridd wrote:

> 
> On 26 Mar 2011, at 20:20, Alasdair Lumsden wrote:
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>> Excuse the top-posting, I'm on my Blackberry...
>> 
>> I've always found the default solaris reboot and shutdown commands a 'pain in the ass'.
>> 
>> I doubt there are many systems out there that would be broken by an adjustment to the default reboot and shutdown behaviour to bring them more in line with BSD and Linux.
>> 
>> What do others think? 
> 
> I agree. It is surprising that the Indiana project attempted to make Solaris more Linux-like and then left some obviously different commands around.
> 
> Perhaps adding /usr/gnu/bin/reboot etc would be a compatible way to fix this?
> 
> Chris

Well I've always found anything other than the System V way of doing things to be
amateur hour.

Compatibility isn't just with scripts, it's with people too.

Besides, what's so hard to remember about
shutdown -i6 -y -g0    ?