Date: Tue, 20 Aug 2002 14:17:44 -0400 (EDT) From: Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@clunix.cl.msu.edu> To: bmiddaugNOSPAM@sdf.lonestar.org (Bob M.) Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: What is the proper shutdown procedure? Message-ID: <200208201817.g7KIHjE10215@clunix.cl.msu.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.NEB.4.44.0208201758440.3292-100000@sdf.lonestar.org> from "Bob M." at Aug 20, 2002 06:09:27 PM
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> Hi everybody,
> I was wondering what process to follow when shutting down. Do you umount
> all the disks first? If so, any particular order? would you do umount -A
> and does this cover / also? Would you stop services before or after or
> not at all, does the o/s stop them for you? Do you use *exit*? Can I
> just hit the power button? :-) Thanks,
I normally get a root (login usually) and do a shutdown(8).
shutdown -h now to halt in preparation to power off
or shutdown -p now to halt and power down if the system supports it
or shutdown -r now to reboot
////jerry
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