Re: Re: shutting down a Linux box

On Sunday 12 October 2003 06:08, Reilly Burke wrote:
>  >I've never had a problem shutting down a Linux box. shutdown -h now
>  > but come to think of it, why would you shut it down in the first
>
> place? :)
>
> Our office is not unusual in that it sends out notices that the stand-by
> generators are to be tested, and would everybody please shut down
> vulnerable servers NOW.  Linux is a bugger to shutdown if the version
> doesn't support the hardware shutdown process, and every box appears to
> work differently.

My SUSE 8.2 box never fails to shut down properly.

>
> Windows shuts down exactly as a box should.

Maybe, but not Windows ME I used years ago and also my MS 98.
It NEVER turned off the hardware.
AAMOF I didn't know it could do that until I started using SUSE!!!

>
> This is a Linux annoyance.

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