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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Date: Thu, 10 Jul 1997 13:09:53 -0500 From: Andre LeClaire <leclaire@venus.net> X-Sender: leclaire@localhost To: Jay Dixon <jay@dixonssurgical.co.uk> Subject: Re: Powering Down In-Reply-To: <33c49208.1255785@news.dixonssurgical.co.uk> Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.970710130705.162A-100000@localhost> References: <33c49208.1255785@news.dixonssurgical.co.uk> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII NNTP-Posting-Host: ve1-p3.venus.net Lines: 14 Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.cs.su.oz.au!metro!metro!munnari.OZ.AU!news.Hawaii.Edu!news.lava.net!news.flex.com!news.pixi.com!news1.best.com!hunter.premier.net!hammer.uoregon.edu!newsfeed.internetmci.com!europa.clark.net!news-peer.sprintlink.net!news-pull.sprintlink.net!news-in-east.sprintlink.net!news.sprintlink.net!Sprint!205.243.72.5!news.venus.net!localhost!leclaire Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:44245 > > I am currently running FreeBSD 2.2.1 and am shutting down using the > "shutdown now" command as directed in the handbook. > > When I power back on again I am told that "/" was not unmounted > properley and all the flags on my disk are dirty. > > How should I be shutting down to power off? > "halt" is what I use. Andre