Shutting Down Your System

If you need to cycle power on a system using a local disk, y ou will have to execute the shutdown command ￿rst. You can do this either from the command line or within SAM.

Using the Shutdown Command to Stop Your System

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Caution

If your Model 742i uses a local system disk, do not turn o￿

 

power to your system without ￿rst sh utting down the operating

 

system softw are according to the follo wing procedure. Turning

 

o￿ the power for your system without ￿rst doing the sh utdown

 

procedure may result in damage to data on y our disk. Always

 

execute the shut-down process to completion ￿rst.

 

 

1. As root, enter the follo wing command:

shutdown -h

This will giv e you and any other users on y our system a one-min ute \grace period" to sa ve ￿les and terminate processes before the system goes do wn to the halted state.

2. You will see a message:

Waiting a grace period of 60 seconds for users to logout. Do not turn off the power or press reset during this time.

(You can specify this message and y ou can determine the \grace period" that shutdown allows. See shutdown (1M)) and System Administration Tasks for using various options.

3.At the end of the period, y ou will see another w arning and the follo wing request for con￿rmation:

Do you want to continue? ...

4.Respond with y. You will see another message con￿rming sh utdown. Finally, you will see the follo wing message:

Halted, you may now cycle power.

Logging In and Getting Started 3-11

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