Actually 'halt' shuts it down......but I'm sure that's what you meant. =)
Dan
At 04:05 PM 3/20/98 -0000, james huckle wrote:
>I've always used 'reboot'. It seems to work as well as sysv 'shutdown'.
>
>James
>
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>> Subject: Shutting Down RH Linux
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>> 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.
>>
>> Thanks.
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