[Tfug] Back to Debian again - Now What?

[Harry McGregor]

On Thu, 4 Jul 2002, Glenn Shannon wrote:

> >> 1. To shutdown I use the command:
> >>    #shutdown now -h
> >>         Is this correct or is there a better way?
>
> >Well, I use shutdown -h now instead :-)
>
> And I use "halt" :)

If I remember correctly, "halt" can have some major problems on other Unix
OSes (ie solaris).  It does work well under linux (same with "poweroff" if
you have an ATX system, and the right kernel support), but it can be bad
to have a habit of using it.

			Harry

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