a halt that actually powers down my machine

[Rex Dieter]

Antoine wrote:
> I have a desktop fc5, and when i issue halt, well, it turns off my
> machine. I have just installed a "server" (old p3), which I installed
> as a "web server" during the graphical install and when I issue halt,
> well, it kills all the processes but doesn't power down the machine.
> Even hitting the power button just restarts the machine... Can someone
> tell me how to get my server to power down on halt?

How about instead of issuing the 'halt' command, you issue 'poweroff'?

-- Rex