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Hi All<div><br></div><div>Hopefully a quickie, but what do the functions shutdown, halt or reboot emit</div><div>so I can trigger the shutdown process in an upstart only machine?</div><div><br></div><div>Currently, if I do say a 'reboot', the first displays the following:</div><div><br></div><div>Broadcast message from root@ripclaw</div><div> (/dev/tty1) at 10:50 ...</div><div><br></div><div>The system is going down for reboot NOW!</div><div><br></div><div>Then my command prompt returns and nothing else happens.</div><div>If I then issue 'reboot' again I get:</div><div><br></div><div>md: stopping all md devices</div><div><br></div><div>Now the machine restarts but none of my other processes have been terminated / brought</div><div>down nicely.</div><div><br></div><div>I would mention I am testing this in a vm at the mo.</div><div><br></div><div>Hope someone can point me in the right direction</div><div><br></div><div>Cheers</div><div>Grail</div>                                            <br /><hr />Sign up for SEEK Jobmail. <a href='http://clk.atdmt.com/NMN/go/157639755/direct/01/' target='_new'>Get the latest jobs delivered.</a></body>
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