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Date:      Mon, 14 Sep 1998 18:33:51 +1000
From:      "Eddie Irvine" <eirvine@tpgi.com.au>
To:        <MarCondit@aol.com>, <questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Newbie...
Message-ID:  <01bddfba$66f84660$a91a1acb@gretchen>

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If you want to shut the computer down, type the following commands:
  shutdown -k now
  sync
  sync
  halt
In that order. (just "halt" will do most of the time but it is not as safe
as the full thing.)

If you just want to get out of the shell prompt, type "exit".


>I have placed FreeBSD on my 386, full FreeBSD, no DOS.  I am having a
problem.
>How do you log out gracefully from the login prompt: ?  I have been
securing
>the power from this location.  But it will go through a long bootup,
stating
>that / was not properly dismounted.  I am new to UNIX.  Still trying to
find
>my way around.
>Thanks for your help.
>Mario Condit





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