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Date:      Tue, 10 Jul 2007 07:08:08 +0200
From:      Erik Trulsson <ertr1013@student.uu.se>
To:        Ivan Carey <ivan@careytech.com.au>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Turn off server when shutdown
Message-ID:  <20070710050808.GA61150@owl.midgard.homeip.net>
In-Reply-To: <469312B8.80202@careytech.com.au>
References:  <469312B8.80202@careytech.com.au>

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On Tue, Jul 10, 2007 at 03:01:44PM +1000, Ivan Carey wrote:
> Hello,
> I am using FreeBSD 6.2 Release
> When I run shutdown on my server it stays on and says:
> "The operating system has halted"
> "Please press any key to reboot"
> 
> Is it possible to have the server turn off?
> 

Yes, assuming the hardware supports it (which most modern hardware does.)
Just use 'shutdown -p' instead of plain 'shutdown'.





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Erik Trulsson
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