>
> Stan Sieler writes:
>
>
> >>Quibbles:
>
> >> 2) *ALWAYS* restart your machine via <control-B> RS, not <control-B> TC.
> >> 5) Again, RS not TC.
>
> I think this is indeed a quibble.  An RS takes considerably longer than a
> TC, and I have never, ever seen a difference in the startup behavior.  I
> suspect the RS just makes you feel good about having clear memory upon
> startup, whatever that means.
>
  The single-bit memory error corruption problems of a few years back
  where ecc was not turned on tended to happen on TC's.  That was
  enough for me always to do an RS unless we want a dump, and then we
  do an RS before we restart the system.
 
  Jim
 
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