On Fri, 6 Aug 1999, Daniel R. Killoran,Ph.D. wrote:
> I type:
> 
> shutdown now
> 
> and wait until it is done (asks me for a shell or CR)
> Then I hit the power button on the back of the machine, then the start
> button on the keyboard.

"shutdown now" just takes the machine to single user mode. It's still
not safe to turn off or reboot the machine. You want either "shutdown -h
now" (to turn off the machine) or "shutdown -r now" (to reboot it).

The machine'll reboot faster too, since it won't have to fsck your
filesystems (they'll have been cleanly unmounted, and fsck will know
that they don't need checking).
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