Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2003 08:19:49 -0500 From: "Charles Howse" <chowse@charter.net> To: "'lrnobs'" <lrnobs@firstclasssolutions.net>, <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: How to shut down Message-ID: <002701c37d1e$5fa781d0$04fea8c0@moe> In-Reply-To: <01ab01c37d1d$d671ed60$6400a8c0@NCSXP>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
> I am a new user learning about Unix. >=20 > I found the shutdown command and have been using "shutdown=20 > now" to shut down > before powering off. >=20 > When the pc boots up it complains that it was incorrectly shut down. >=20 > Am I following an incorrect procedure? 'shutdown now' will take you to single user mode. This is not what you want if you're ready to power off. Use 'shutdown -h now' and wait for the 'press any key to reboot' prompt before you power off. To reboot, use 'shutdown -r now'.
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?002701c37d1e$5fa781d0$04fea8c0>