$ Set Noon
$ MYSQLADMIN -u 'MyUsername' -p'MyPassword' "SHUTDOWN"
$ wait 00:00:02
$ MYSQLADMIN -u 'MyUsername' -p'MyPassword' "SHUTDOWN"
$ wait 00:00:02
$ MYSQLADMIN -u 'MyUsername' -p'MyPassword' "SHUTDOWN"
$!
This is the sequence we use here ( 3 times seem to work) and we never got a corrupted ...