genunix: [ID 672855 kern.notice] syncing file systems...

What does "syncing file systems..." do?

At every boot, I see "syncing file systems..."

However, prior to an unknown error condition where the system will not come up from a hard boot, the previous reboot was missing this statement: "syncing file systems.."

What does this statement mean, and what is it's relevance when it is missing?

[360 byte] By [Tsungie] at [2007-11-26 8:45:06]
# 1

Please do not cross-post a question to multiple forums.

http://swforum.sun.com/jive/thread.jspa?threadID=101908

... this happens to be a software question, by the way,

so it's beyond the scope of this HARDWARE forum.

Try the man pages for sync, for an initial description of that command.

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