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[Aaron Kulkis <akulkis00@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Basil Chupin wrote:
> 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

-t 10    and   now
are contradictory
"now" is an alias for "-t 0"


> (which is what I use).
>
> Ciao.



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