Yep, you can shut the machine off when you receive "Press any key to
reboot..."

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On Fri, 16 Mar 2001, george s. wrote:

> hello all,
> 
> i have a centris 660av with netbsd 1.5 installed. this box has a power
> switch on the front. when shutting down from the macos, a dialog appears
> that tells me "it is now safe to turn the computer off" etc. this is a bit
> different than most macs.
> 
> anyway, when i type "shutdown -h now" in netbsd, the os has halts and
> desyncs the disks, etc., and finally echoes "hit any key to reboot..."
> 
> so i was wondering, is it safe to switch off the machine at this point, or
> should i boot back into the macos and shutdown from there? (i tried doing so
> out of curiosity with apparent success... clean filesystem during subsequent
> booting.)
> 
> thanks in advance for any replies.
> 
> 
> btw, i'm new to the list and am pretty new to *nix stuff in general. i have
> enjoyed reading through the archives and have found many useful bits of
> information. i'd like to say thanks to everyone who contributes here and to
> the mac68k port as well. netbsd is bringing new life to my old 660av, and i
> am learning a lot in the process!   :)
> 
> --
> george s. <gs1@mac.com>
> 
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