From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: Alexey Starikovskiy <aystarik@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: halt does not shut the system down
Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2007 12:11:10 +0400
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John Sigler wrote:
> Alexey Starikovskiy wrote:
> 
>> John Sigler wrote:
>>
>>>          +===================================+
>>>          | Soft-Off by PWR-BTTN              |
>>>          |-----------------------------------|
>>>          | Instant-Off  ..... [v]            |
>>>          | Delay 4 Sec. ..... [ ]            |
>>>          |                                   |
>>>          |-----------------------------------|
>>>          |  ^V:Move ENTER:Accept ESC:Abort   |
>>>          +===================================+
>>>
>>> 'Instant-Off' is the appropriate setting, right?
>>
>> Actually, default should be 4 sec delay. OS should have a chance to
>> shut down the system...
> 
> I don't see why this setting would have an impact on the outcome
> of the 'halt' and 'poweroff' commands.
> 
Well, it is not possible to tell, what BIOS writer have connected to this flag...