James <wirel...@tampabay.rr.com> wrote:

>  <meino.cramer <at> gmx.de> writes:
>
>
> > > > But: Shutdown (as recommmended by acmesystems "shutdown -h -H now")
> > > > REBOOTS the system instead of powering it down.
>
> > > What about "halt"?   man halt
>
> > The problem I think is burried 
>
> Okay, ferret it out.
>
> Does this accomplish what you want:
>
>
> "sync;sync;sync;halt"   ?

Do you believe that a method described for early AT&T UNIX (early to mid 1970s)
where "halt" did not yet exist is a valid idea for Linux?

Jörg

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