[ubuntu-uk] Does a hard shutdown actually damage anything?

[Alan Pope]

On 3 September 2010 12:50, Liam Proven <lproven at gmail.com> wrote:

> You don't even need to do that much. Switch to a vconsole with
> Ctrl-Alt-F1 to F6 and then just press Ctrl-Alt-Del. This will force a
> reboot with no need to login or anything. When the machine reboots,
> just turn it off.
>

Or just tap (not hold down) the power button to trigger an ACPI shutdown.

Al.