I wrote:
>
> Yeah - I was doing it wrong (using immediate). However retesting with
> 'fast' gets the same result on this platform (Freebsd 7.1). However on
> Linux (Ubuntu 8.04) 'fast' shutdown and restart work fine - somewhat
> puzzling - I'll try a fresh checkout on the Freebsd boxes, as there
> may be something rotten with the src tree I'm using there...
>
Scratch that - I was just being too impatient - after a few more minutes
the replica on Freebsd was accessible ok. So this one is entirely user
error!
regards
Mark