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Re: /bin/shutdown on ME
- From: Corinna Vinschen <corinna-cygwin at cygwin dot com>
- To: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2002 10:21:27 +0100
- Subject: Re: /bin/shutdown on ME
- References: <e756tukheosqf2luocefhm75ko1sqo1rrp@4ax.com>
- Reply-to: cygwin at cygwin dot com
On Wed, Nov 13, 2002 at 09:29:18PM -0600, Chris Polley wrote:
> Hi, all:
>
> When I try to "shutdown -r now", Windows (ME 4.90.3000) complains that I "must quit [shutdown] before I quit Windows." If I click Cancel, shutdown complains "shutdown: Couldn't reboot: Incorrect function.", and if I click OK, windows reports after a while that shutdown isn't responding, and gives the Wait/End Task/Cancel dialog. :-(
>
> Is this a known limitation of cygwin on ME, or should I delve further?
It's a limitation of the shutdown tool. It only works reasonably on
NT/2K/XP. Patches to get it working on 9x/Me are more than welcome.
Corinna
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