> A guy I work with says he shuts down his RH 5.0 by tpying:
>
> sync;sync;halt
>
> I shutdown my RH 5.0 with the command listed in the manual:
>
> shutdown -h now
>
> Just wondering if there is a difference between the two and is there a
> preferred method for the sake of the Linux Kernel.
I just do a halt.
If you have users other than yourself, then a shutdown should be used, with
a time other than "now." If it is just you, halt works great.
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