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Date:      Tue, 15 Sep 1998 08:45:58 +1200
From:      Jonathan Chen <jonc@pinnacle.co.nz>
To:        MarCondit@aol.com
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Newbie...
Message-ID:  <Pine.SGI.4.02.9809150837490.1395-100000@tui.pinnacle.co.nz>
In-Reply-To: <35fa87ef.35fca74e@aol.com>

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On Mon, 14 Sep 1998 MarCondit@aol.com wrote:

> 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.

To shut the machine down cleanly, log in as root and type in the
command:

	shutdown -h now

Check out the man page of shutdown (man shutdown) for more details.

Jonathan Chen
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