Re: Lilo and Shutdown (fwd)

[micros50 <micros50 computer net>]

> > shutdown -h now will do all that shutdown -r now does *except* actually
> > reboot the computer - I think the kernel just goes into an endless loop
> > when everything is shutdown and safely unmounted.
> > 
> > As far as Win95 goes I'm pretty sure you can just turn the computer off
> > without actually shutting it down. Certainly I had to do it enough times
> > when the thing crashed on me - the only ill effects seem to be a few files
> > in windows\temp.
> > 
> 
> Actually, -h option sends the processor the HLT (halt) instruction,
> causing the
> system to hang... 
> 

 Why does it do that??? Why doesn't Linux have a provision to properly shut 
down the computer like Windoze 95 does or NT ??

/Eleanore
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