From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Aug 7 09:23:12 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id JAA13152 for questions-outgoing; Wed, 7 Aug 1996 09:23:12 -0700 (PDT) Received: from seagull.rtd.com (root@seagull.rtd.com [198.102.68.2]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id JAA13145 for ; Wed, 7 Aug 1996 09:23:10 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from dgy@localhost) by seagull.rtd.com (8.7.5/8.7.3) id JAA05177 for freebsd-questions@freefall.cdrom.com; Wed, 7 Aug 1996 09:23:09 -0700 (MST) From: Don Yuniskis Message-Id: <199608071623.JAA05177@seagull.rtd.com> Subject: Bigfoot sighted! To: freebsd-questions@freefall.FreeBSD.org (FreeBSD questions) Date: Wed, 7 Aug 1996 09:23:08 -0700 (MST) X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk It seems that Gabor Zahemszky said: > Subject: Re: your mail > > Please, use a more descriptive Subject: line! Thanks! You mean like *your* subject line? :> :> > OK. So: ``su'', and after it: ``shutdown -h now''. It means, ``h''alt the > system. If you'd like to reboot, use -r instead -h. When you see the > ``Press any key to reboot, or halt the computer'' - or something like this, > you can turn it off. I find it more reassuring to "shutdown now" (without the -h flag). Then, I can watch the shutdown messages before the system progresses to the halted state (hopelessly paranoid) > Somewhere in past, Annelise Anderson (the only lady I see in this group) > sent a letter to the group: Actually, Annelise is 6'5", 255 pounds, wears red plaid flannel shirts, suspenders, blue jeans and sports a 14" beard. He auditioned for ZZTop but was turned down because he couldn't carry a tune in a bucket. He now sells shoes in Chicago... > (Her e-mail is: andrsn@andrsn.stanford.edu) (apologies to Ms. Anderson! :>) --don