halt and poweroff

[milo7777n]

When I use halt is there a way that the system can power down.

[epseps]

Hmmm...If you are running it on Sparc I suppose you could just type power-down at the ok prompt.

On x86 I just use the "button".

[demetrius]

shutdown -p now might work.

[S0larfluX]

I believe 'init 5' will actually shut a Sparc OFF, but it won't work on FreeBSD (which OS you don't mention, but you seem to be asking a lot of questions about FreeBSD here)...

Try http://bsdvault.net for more info on *BSD.

[epseps]

Hmmm...init 5 on a Sparc shuts the power off? In Solaris?

I gotta try that today if I can.

[S0larfluX]

Yep, just tested it on my Sparc 10 and 'init 5' does indeed cut the power to the box, after running its shutdown sequence.

;)