On Sat, Dec 16, 2000 at 05:29:11PM -0500, Rich Payne wrote: > >do some systems have a halt button next to the reset > > button? i'm just wondering why when linux shuts down, it reboots instead of > > just dropping to the SRM prompt. it makes it so that i can't do something > > like 'shutdown -t 900 -h now' if auto_action is set to boot, because then > > it'll just boot back into linux. in other words, shutdown -h and shutdown -r > > do exactly the same thing. > > a 'shutdown -h now' WILL return you to the SRM prompt. Which platform is > this on?
it's a PWS 500a miata. it does eventually return to the prompt (as long as auto_action is set to halt) with a shutdown -h, but it does a full reboot, just like when you run 'init' from the SRM prompt or hit the reset button. -- Tom Vier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> DSA Key id 0x27371A2C
