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[Basil Chupin <blchupin@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Kermit Mei wrote:
> Hello!
> I'm using openSuse 10.3 Linux in VirtualBox,and I just installed the
> text mode.
> I use the command "shutdown now" to turn off the machine.
> But the result is as the following:
>
> linux-Kermit:~# shutdown now
> The system message from root (tty1)(Mon Feb ......<the time> ):
> INIT: Switching to runlevel: 1
> <snip>
>
> Why the system goes  to  runlevel:1,but not shutdown?
> Is "shutdown now" different from "init 1"?
>
> Now I ususlly use "init 0" to turn off the machine,is it right or wrong?
>
> Thank you!
>   

I thought the command was

shutdown -t <period-in-seconds> -h (h for halt-on-shutdown) now

that is

shutdown -t 10 -h now

(which is what I use).

Ciao.


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