Thus spake USM Bish:

> > kb::kbrequest:/sbin/shutdown -c
>
> shutdown -c can only act  before  all processes are
> killed and devices unmounted. If you leave no time gap 
> for shut- down (viz. shutdown -h now) then usually it is 
> a  bit too late for you to get on to another console and
> type  in the cancellation command  (shutdown -c) ... by
> that time prob- ably the shutdown sequence has already 
> progressed  beyond recovery. The keyboard itself may be
> disabled by then ...

Which is why I needed a shortcut to abort the shutdown! 

And no, I did not leave any time-gap between shutdown and 
abort, just used the shortcuts for shutdown and abort one 
after another.

Cordially,

Ajay Shankar


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