Re: halt does not shut the system down

From: Alexey Starikovskiy
Date: Wed Oct 17 2007 - 04:11:39 EST


John Sigler wrote:
> Alexey Starikovskiy wrote:
>
>> John Sigler wrote:
>>
>>> +===================================+
>>> | Soft-Off by PWR-BTTN |
>>> |-----------------------------------|
>>> | Instant-Off ..... [v] |
>>> | Delay 4 Sec. ..... [ ] |
>>> | |
>>> |-----------------------------------|
>>> | ^V:Move ENTER:Accept ESC:Abort |
>>> +===================================+
>>>
>>> 'Instant-Off' is the appropriate setting, right?
>>
>> Actually, default should be 4 sec delay. OS should have a chance to
>> shut down the system...
>
> I don't see why this setting would have an impact on the outcome
> of the 'halt' and 'poweroff' commands.
>
Well, it is not possible to tell, what BIOS writer have connected to this flag...

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