Re: Re: shutting down a Linux box

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 
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> 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.  

ohhhkayy

> Linux is a bugger to shutdown if the version doesn't support the 
> hardware shutdown process, and every box appears to work differently.

hardware shutdown process? You mean the power button that trigers the 
command 'shutdown -h now' ? or the ctrl-alt-delete keyboard mapping that 
triggers the command 'shutdown -r now' ? Or howabout halt you ever type 
halt?

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> Windows shuts down exactly as a box should. 

Odly enough my windows box shutsdown unexpectedly often.

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> This is a Linux annoyance. 

In my opinion this is a user annoyance, RTFM.

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