On Thu, 2008-04-03 at 10:56 +0200, Michael Schmarck wrote:
> Neil Bothwick <neil@(protected):

> > Emergency shutdowns aren't about
> > eliminating any problems in the case of a serious system hang, they are
> > about minimising such damage.
>
> Absolutely correct! But Liviu asked, if there's a potential risk
> to the system.
>
> My answer is: Yes, there is! It is pretty low (for the reasons
> you mentioned), but it is not 0.

The risk is not 0, but the risk is not greater than "doing nothing", in
fact the risk of an emergency shutdown is less than "doing nothing",
given the fact that this is an emergency, and if you do nothing, you
will probably have greater problems (file system corruption, etc).
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