On Sat, 24 Oct 1998, Mario Melendez Esquivel wrote:
> When is it safe to turn off your linux PC? When I type "shutdown now" the
> system sends TERM to everything and then displays "Enter root password for
> maintenance (or press Ctrl-D for normal startup):" and stays there until I
> do something. Is this the "It is now safe to turn off your computer" screen
> or should I keep doing it the way I've been doing it until now (reboot and
> wait for DOS to load, turn off at the DOS prompt)?
try :
shutdown -h now
and turn off your PC when it says System halted
Frank
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