can't shutdown, i need help!

[aK]

i ran "shutdown -y -g0 -i5" to bring down the box and would like to power
off. at the end of the shutdown script ran it's saying "type any key
to....continue(?)" or something. when i push any key it brings up the
server again. i specified -i5 why is it keep booting?

sorry for the stupid Q.

[Richard B. Gilbert]

aK wrote:

Change "i5" to "i0"

[Bruce Esquibel]

Richard B. Gilbert (rgilb...@comcast.net) wrote:
: aK wrote:

Probably won't help, it depends on the platform and machine type.

i5 is power down, i0 is stop the os, two different things but on some
machines, they are the same.

I know i5 powers down on most Sparcs I've used, I think if the guy is x86
he's stuck bonking the power switch at that "type any key to..." prompt.

Like it says in the manpage for shutdown...

state 5
Shut the machine down so that it is safe to remove the
power. Have the machine remove power, if possible.

The "if possible" is the key.

-bruce
b...@ripco.com

[Andrew Gabriel]

In article <cktdtc$msm$1...@bgsv5648.tk.mesh.ad.jp>,

Prior to Solaris 10, there were only a very few x86 systems
which Solaris knew how to power off. From Solaris 10 Beta 6
(actually build 61 onwards IIRC), Solaris can power off most
x86 server systems with working ACPI BIOS. The next Solaris
Express/Beta release of Solaris 10 will add poweroff support
for more x86 systems, in particular many laptops and older
systems (but again, providing they have a working ACPI BIOS).

Oh, and we also just changed that message you saw -- it now
says "type any key to reboot" which should be clearer.
When you see it (the old or new message), it means Solaris
could not power off the system and it is safe for you to do
so at that point. You are issuing the right command, it's
just that the final prompt message was rather misleading.

--
Andrew Gabriel
Consultant Software Engineer

[Andrew Gabriel]

In article <ckucc0$ns$1...@new-usenet.uk.sun.com>,

and...@cucumber.demon.co.uk (Andrew Gabriel) writes:
>
> Prior to Solaris 10, there were only a very few x86 systems
> which Solaris knew how to power off. From Solaris 10 Beta 6
> (actually build 61 onwards IIRC), Solaris can power off most
> x86 server systems with working ACPI BIOS.

Forgot to say, this is also in the most recent Solaris 9 update.

> The next Solaris
> Express/Beta release of Solaris 10 will add poweroff support
> for more x86 systems, in particular many laptops and older
> systems (but again, providing they have a working ACPI BIOS).

This bit isn't in Solaris 9.