Timeline for Proper way to power off a Ubuntu 22.04-5 desktop from single user mode
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| Sep 2 at 22:11 | comment | added | user10489 | I think modern Linux completes the flush before the sync finishes, so doing it 3x is kinda sily now, not that it wasn't always. | |
| Sep 2 at 18:37 | comment | added | doneal24 | @Mes Isn't it supposed to be sync<return>sync<return>sync? This allows the first sync to finish before you do anything stupid. | |
| Aug 14 at 23:08 | comment | added | Mes | I learned this 40 years ago after needing to reinstall the system after power-off corruption. kill + sync, repeat. | |
| Aug 13 at 11:28 | history | answered | user10489 | CC BY-SA 4.0 |