a halt that actually powers down my machine

[Mikkel L. Ellertson]

Rex Dieter wrote:
> Antoine wrote:
>> I have a desktop fc5, and when i issue halt, well, it turns off my
>> machine. I have just installed a "server" (old p3), which I installed
>> as a "web server" during the graphical install and when I issue halt,
>> well, it kills all the processes but doesn't power down the machine.
>> Even hitting the power button just restarts the machine... Can someone
>> tell me how to get my server to power down on halt?
> 
> How about instead of issuing the 'halt' command, you issue 'poweroff'?
> 
> -- Rex
> 
I like "shutdown -h now" myself.

Mikkel
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