> Yes, this will shut down and start the computer. However it's a force > quit that's virtually guaranteed to corrupt files, whether you're > using OS 9 or 10. Not the best way. If you must do this, you'll also > want to run DFA for OS9 or fsck for OS 10 to fix what you did. This is why Mac OS X supporting journaling in HFS+ is a clear win over Mac OS 9. For a good explanation of Journaling: http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,634711,00.asp And a script to allow you to do it a bit more safely than just issuing the diskutil command: http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20021210062213717 (The hint that it links to has a really wrong explanation of journaling, ignore it)