Fedora release 8 (Werewolf) Kernel 2.6.28.1 on an x86_64 localhost login: root bash-3.2# halt Broadcast message from root (tty0) (Sat Jan 24 00:11:54 2009): The system is going down for system halt NOW! INIT: Switching to runlevel: 0 INIT: Sending processes the TERM signal Stopping sshd: [ OK ] Stopping crond: [ OK ] Stopping system message bus: [ OK ] Starting killall: [ OK ] Sending all processes the TERM signal... Sending all processes the KILL signal... Saving random seed: Syncing hardware clock to system time Cannot access the Hardware Clock via any known method. Use the --debug option to see the details of our search for an access method. Halting system... [42949439.150000] System halted.