something wrong with"shutdown"

[Jud]

On Thu, 01 Jan 2004 18:51:49 -0500, Dany <dany_list at natzo.com> wrote:

> Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote:
>
>> On Friday,  2 January 2004 at  4:25:49 +0800, dc wrote:
>>
>>>      Versino 4.9....whenever i use the command "shutdown"or "halt"to
>>> shutdown the power,system display"type anykey to reboot"so computer
>>> reboot~

Instead of typing a key on the keyboard when you see that message, if you  
wish to shut down, power off via the power button.  If you want to power  
off without having to use the power button, do as Dany suggests below and  
use 'shutdown -p now.'

Regarding rebooting into Windows rather than FreeBSD, please do as Greg  
asks and provide more information.

Jud

>>> and i have to boot windows(i installed FREEBSD and
>>> WINDOWS2000).
>>>
>>
>> Why?
>>
>>
>>>       Someone told me to configue the kernel.Add "device acpica"to
>>> the kernel and make it ~I did so,nothing changed,porblem is still
>>> there.HELP~!
>>>
>>
>> It's almost impossible to guess what your problem is.  Obviously
>> shutdown works.  Did you install the boot selector?  Please:
>>
>> 1.  Shut down the machine (with shutdown, not halt).
>> 2.  When you see "Press any key to reboot", turn the power off.
>> 3.  Turn the power on.
>> 4.  Describe *exactly* what happens.

> to turn the power off automatically, you should use :  shutdown -p now    
> instead of the -h which gives you this message.
>