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| author | Frans Pop <elendil@planet.nl> | 2006-08-16 20:20:04 +0000 |
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| committer | Frans Pop <elendil@planet.nl> | 2006-08-16 20:20:04 +0000 |
| commit | 95458cff76c844640e39103b416dab2d183f7e7e (patch) | |
| tree | 24efea7a8a6cdf68c64f36cce6d19f8ab9abc245 /en/post-install | |
| parent | 5283c08c83333a40aca321a5b3317d0758fb9529 (diff) | |
| download | installation-guide-95458cff76c844640e39103b416dab2d183f7e7e.zip | |
Document how to shut down the system; based on patch from Holger Levsen
Diffstat (limited to 'en/post-install')
| -rw-r--r-- | en/post-install/post-install.xml | 1 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | en/post-install/shutdown.xml | 26 |
2 files changed, 17 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/en/post-install/post-install.xml b/en/post-install/post-install.xml index fae552701..1ae693078 100644 --- a/en/post-install/post-install.xml +++ b/en/post-install/post-install.xml @@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ <chapter id="post-install"> <title>Next Steps and Where to Go From Here</title> +&shutdown.xml; &new-to-unix.xml; &orientation.xml; &reactivating-win.xml; diff --git a/en/post-install/shutdown.xml b/en/post-install/shutdown.xml index d838a38c2..f5936eaaa 100644 --- a/en/post-install/shutdown.xml +++ b/en/post-install/shutdown.xml @@ -3,23 +3,29 @@ <sect1 id="shutdown"> - <title>Shutting Down the System</title> + <title>Shutting down the system</title> <para> To shut down a running Linux system, you must not reboot with the reset switch on the front or back of your computer, or just turn off -the computer. Linux must be shut down in a controlled manner, -otherwise files may be lost and disk damage incurred. You can press -the key combination <keycombo> <keycap>Ctrl</keycap> -<keycap>Alt</keycap> <keycap>Del</keycap> </keycombo> +the computer. Linux should be shut down in a controlled manner, +otherwise files might get lost and/or disk damage might occur. If you run a +desktop environment, there is usually an option to <quote>log out</quote> +available from the application menu that allows you to shutdown (or reboot) +the system. + +</para><para> + +Alternativly you can press the key combination <keycombo> +<keycap>Ctrl</keycap> <keycap>Alt</keycap> <keycap>Del</keycap> </keycombo> <phrase arch="powerpc;m68k"> or <keycombo> <keycap>Control</keycap> <keycap>Shift</keycap> <keycap>Power</keycap> </keycombo> on Macintosh -systems</phrase>. You may also log in as -root and type <userinput>shutdown -h now</userinput>, -<userinput>reboot</userinput>, or <userinput>halt</userinput> if -either of the key combinations do not work or you prefer to type -commands. +systems</phrase>. A last option is to log in as root and type one of the +commands <command>poweroff</command>, <command>halt</command> or +<command>shutdown -h now</command> if either of the key combinations do not +work or you prefer to type commands; use <command>reboot</command> to reboot +the system. </para> </sect1> |