> Never turn off the computer just like that. (It's just like Win 95 :))
>
> Log in as root and issue a 'shutdown' command. The system
> has to do some administrative tasks before shutting down, the most
> important of which is to flush the filesystem buffers.
> Be careful, you might lose data and/or end up with corrupted
> data if you don't do this! The same applies for rebooting.
>
> See man shutdown for details.
>
> HTH,
> Felix
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>
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> ----------
> From: Michael Wahl[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: vrijdag 11 december 1998 15:00
> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> Cc: recipient.list.not.shown
> Subject: switch of Debian
>
> Hello out there,
>
> After all I finally installed DEBIAN.
> And, what else, I have a question:
> When I successfully logout, a knew login appears. Know I switch of the
> computer. When I switch it on again, there is a check for some stuff.
> Is this right? Or have I not correctly finished it?
>
> Please help a greenhorn!
>
> Thanks
>
> Michael, Trier, Germany
>
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