[olug] AST Linux shutdown procedure?

[Bill Brush]

The command <init 0> tells the OS to assume runlevel 0 which is system halt.

Runlevels in a nutshell:

0 = halt
1 = diagnostic, single-user mode
2 = single user mode
3 = multi-user text mode
4 = not used
5 = multi-user gui mode
6 = restart

Bill

On 12/8/05, Neal Rauhauser <neal at lists.rauhauser.net> wrote:
>
>   I put AST Linux on a 128 meg CF I had sitting around, slapped it into
> my Soekris 4801, and it fired right up. The defaults of root and
> astlinux got me in, but the box has no 'shutdown' command that I can
> find. I suppose I could sync ; sync ; sync;  and yank the power cord,
> but this seems rather clumsy. Any else sort this out yet?
>