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Re: switch off Debian



On Tue, 15 Dec 1998, Kent West wrote:

> On Tue, 15 Dec 1998, Michael Wahl wrote:
> 
> > Hello out there,
> > 
> > After all I finally installed DEBIAN.
> > And, what else, I have a question:
> > When I successfully logout, a knew login appears. Know I switch off the 
> > computer. When I switch it on again, there is a check for some stuff.
> > Is this right? Or have I not correctly finished it?
> > 
> > 
> > Thanks 
> > 
> > Michael, Trier, Germany
> > 
> 
> No, you need to do a 
>   shutdown -r now
> and then wait until the machine starts to reboot before powering it off.

Or better yet, use 'shutdown -h' or 'halt' which will just shut down
without starting a reboot.

Bob

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