On Saturday 23 November 2002 07:24 pm, Matthew O. Persico wrote: > On 23 Nov 2002 21:09:25 -0500, "Nelson Bartley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>said: > >Well if shutdown -h now isn't shutting it down then you most likely > >don't have a problem with your linux install. At this point I would > >suggest checking your BIOS for power off options, as well as seeing what > >the current power save options are at. Check your ACPI options in your > >BIOS as well. You will find that XP can shutdown a great many systems > >that would not normally shutdown on their own, however linux can > >sometimes get hung up little bios glitches. > > Damn. You mean Billware is better at something than Torvaldsware is? Sigh. > Well.... not better, just different. :) NT, 2000 and XP all do direct hardware access, ignoring CMOS. Or at least it has that ability. I don't think Linux does that. So that could explain the problem. Change your cmos settings just may solve it.
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