shutdown -h now switches to runlevel 0 and performs an orderly shutdown
ending with the message power down. That other operating? system can
turn the computer off.
The difference was never important to me until I installed a ups.
Previously I never left the computer unattended so I was always present
to turn the computer off. Now the ups software can properly initiate
the debian shutdown so I can leave the computer unattended with no risk
of losing data in the event of a power failure but the computer will
continue to draw power until the battery runs down. (I connect nothing
but the computer to the battery support - not even the monitor. Once
the power failure shutdown has been tested I don't need to see what's
happening.)
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