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Re: : reboot command behaves different on Linux

Andrey, et al --

...and then Andrey Repin said...
% 
...
% 
% If anyone can explain the difference between "halt" and "power off" in the
% terms of Linux 'shutdown' man page, I would probably vote for one of the
% choices.
[snip]

On some machines, halting can leave you at a BIOS/firmware prompt but
still powered on, whereas powering off really kills all power once the
shutdown is complete.  I can't say how the former behaves on your average
basic PC but suspect that the last step of halting is to power off since
I know of no way to get to the BIOS other than at boot time.


HTH & HANW

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