[Tfug] Back to Debian again - Now What?

[Glenn Shannon]

Well since the question was re: Debian (Linux) I figured.......ahh who
the hell cares what I figured :)

-----Original Message-----
From: tfug-admin@tfug.org [mailto:tfug-admin@tfug.org] On Behalf Of
Harry McGregor
Sent: Friday, July 05, 2002 10:14 AM
To: tfug@tfug.org
Subject: RE: [Tfug] Back to Debian again - Now What?

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

--
Harry McGregor, CEO, Co-Founder
Hmcgregor@osef.org, (520) 661-7875 (CELL)
Open Source Education Foundation, http://www.osef.org

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