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Old 03-14-2015, 10:47 AM   #1
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grub

How and what line do I edit in grub to effect a shutdown/restart?
 
Old 03-14-2015, 11:14 AM   #2
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in grub there are "halt" and "reboot" commands

Code:
title Shutdown
halt
Code:
title Reboot
reboot
should work
 
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Dear gengisdave, Thanx for your quick support---Dan---
 
Old 04-01-2015, 11:43 AM   #4
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If using grub2 then:

Code:
menuentry "Halt" {
 insmod halt
 halt
}

menuentry "Reboot" {
 insmod reboot
 reboot
}
 
Old 04-01-2015, 01:26 PM   #5
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Igot the desired result from your 1st post/reply---Dan---
 
  


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