Steps to Reboot LINUX:


Soft reboot:

  1. Stop TMS/TOPHAT
  2. login as root
  3. at the command prompt type reboot
  4. The system will then reboot on its own.

Hard boot:

  1. Stop TMS/TOPHAT
  2. login as root
  3. At the command prompt type poweroff.
  4. The system will begin shutting down. If the hardware supports it Linux will power down the box, if not the OS will tell you it’s OK to power off the hardware. Then you can press the power button.

We should follow these same practices in QNX, because there is also a risk that we could lose data that has not been flushed to the disk. I am aware that in some cases the QNX OS will not reboot without pressing the power button, but it is still important to follow these steps.

Soft reboot:

  1. Stop TMS
  2. login as root
  3. at the command prompt type shutdown
  4. The system will then reboot on its own.

Hard boot:

  1. Stop TMS
  2. login as root
  3. At the command prompt type shutdown -h.
  4. The system will begin shutting down. When the shutdown processes to done, then you can press the power button.