Halting the System
Halting the System
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When to Halt
the System
While turning off the hardware usually requires that you first
run the operating system shutdown procedures, it may be
necessary to halt your system for other reasons. Halting the
system returns control from program mode (operating system) to
the console mode, and displays the console prompt (>>>).
Table 7–4 describes when to halt the system.
Table 7–4 Halting the Operating Systems
For this
operating
system... Halt the system if you...
DEC OSF/1
AXP
Cannot run the operating system shutdown procedures
and need to reboot the system. Do not halt the system
while the operating system is actively running, since
you may lose data or damage the system disk.
OpenVMS
AXP
Cannot run the operating system shutdown procedures
and need to reboot the system
Want to return to console mode to issue the console
commands listed later in this chapter.
Table 7–2 lists the documentation describing operating system
shutdown procedures.
Turning Off Your System 7–5
