It is true that its hard to work out how to get the machine off in Linux. I use halt...which no-one here suggested. Is it not the most logical way to halt a system?
Patrick ----- Original Message ----- From: Kent Hayden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <debian-user@lists.debian.org> Sent: Sunday, 18 July 1999 23:24 Subject: Re: Here's an easy question, how shutdown debian? > Tyler: > > Some of this stuff isn't entirely intuitive to us newbies, you know. Maybe this should > be placed in the installation documentation, because when you're new to Linux (or Unix) > it almost seems like powering off is the only thing you can do, unless you have a > collection of Linux books at your side. > > tyler spivey wrote: > > > ok, if you cant shutdown why do you use linux in the first place? > > the command is as root: > > shutdown -h now > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > SDF Public Access UNIX System - http://sdf.lonestar.org > > > > On Sun, 18 Jul 1999, [iso-8859-1] André Bell wrote: > > > > > Everytime I restart my debian pc after having turned it off debian tells me > > > at bootup that devices were not unmounted properly. I don't use any > > > commands to shutdown debian, I just use the on/off switch when I'm > > > finished. Apparantly that is a bad idea. > > > > > > I'm guessing there must be a way to get debian to shutdown properly so I > > > don't have to wait for everything to uncompress and unmount before it can > > > boot up again(?). > > > > > > If so, what is the command to shutdown? Or is it simply cntrl/alt/del to > > > cause debian to stop everything from running and then turn it off at memory > > > checking? That's the only way I know how to avoid error messages that say > > > the system was not properly unmounted. > > > > > > Thanks > > > > > > Andre' > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > >
