Shutdown from start scripts

[Josef Wolf]

On Sun, Mar 25, 2007 at 09:11:29AM -0600, Charles Kravetz wrote:
> On Sat, 2007-03-24 at 00:48 +0100, Josef Wolf wrote:

> > I noticed that shutdown from scripts in /etc/rcS.d don't really work.
> > 
> > For example, when fsck for some filesystems fails at startup, you
> > are thrown into a shell to fix the problem.  From that shell, you
> > have no chance to make a proper reboot.  I have tried:
> > 
> >   - shutdown -r now
> >   - init 6
> >   - reboot
> >   - halt
> > 
> > It don't really make a difference how I try to reboot.  I alwas get
> > thrown out and the boot process continues.  Finally I get the login
> > prompt.  But I did _not_ want to continue the boot.  I said I want
> > to _shutdown_.  Why is this ignored?  Is this a problem caused by
> > the change to upstart?
> > 
> > Any ideas what I am missing here?  How do I properly reboot from
> > a script in /etc/rcS.d?
> 
> I don't know if this will work in Edgy, but in Dapper, I discovered that
> using Ctrl-Alt-F1 to change screens and then using the shutdown commands
> sometimes is effective. Also, using a simple "exit" somestimes works.

Thanks for the Answer, Charles!  But unfortunately, neither changing
screens nor a simple "exit" dont bring the system down.  The boot process
alway continues.  _Only_ if the boot continues up to the login prompt,
every method (and ctrl-alt-del) start working.  But none of the methods
work before the login prompt.