-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- On Sat, 16 Oct 1999, jh wrote:
> Is there a best way to shut down linux and turn off your computer? I > read in an online guide that you should press <ctrl><alt><delete>. > When I do this and I later turn my computer on it says "last boot > failed"...Then it installs. Is this the recommended way to turn off > your computer? It says "last boot failed" because ctrl-alt-del is by default mapped to reboot, not shutdown. Since you shut the power off in the middle of the reboot, it interprets this as failure. There are several ways to enter the shutdown state. They have to be used as root, for obvious reasons. telinit 0 halt # May cause problems with older versions, man halt for info. shutdown -h now In any case, wait until the system tells you to power down. If you have APM supported and properly configured, it may shut itself down. And finally, if you have Magic SysRQ Key and APM support in your kernel, pressing "SysRQ-S", waiting for Done, "SysRQ-U", waiting for Done again, and "SysRQ-O" should do it too. This is Not Recommended. - -- finger for PGP public key. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.3ia Charset: noconv iQCVAwUBOAkwib7M/9WKZLW5AQGVGgP/Vkni704aeTkgnuUn4YpDkYieZrUjcAtP gSf1Uu1cfXW68lFWj1J05v+ETLPrAegthex6FEKE6rbERYveUNouNDaTG0MOey+f S2PqVp6i3KImhPeZtMaVDbKR5+1GpZP3TxE3oHKdR0c/4GpqtBXYUKlgGYxASHMv FCPgQKU+DsY= =RdJZ -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
