2 more Q's about 386/ix
John R. Levine
johnl at esegue.segue.boston.ma.us
Thu Dec 21 07:19:30 AEST 1989
In article <1989Dec19.002805.3039 at virtech.uucp> cpcahil at virtech.uucp (Conor P. Cahill) writes:
>> >Is it possible to run shutdown from anything other than the console VT?
>> - /etc/init 0 [ as superuser ]
>This does not work for 386/ix.
On 386/ix 2.0.x, at least, it works from any terminal. I just tried it
now. You can use init 0 to shut down or init 5 or init 6 to reboot. Very
handy when you're dialed in to your home machine from work or vice versa.
If only they'd fix the serial drivers to work at a reasonable speed.
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