Chris Olson wrote:
> Is there a good source of information about how Linux distributions
> and installers identify and interact with the hardware devices in
> a system? We are particularly interested in the shutdown process
> that leads to complete power-off. Thanks.
You mean something more than the shutdown command, or poweroff?
The only hardware thing that might conflict with that is a BIOS setting,
that offers the option, on powerloss, of restart/stay off/last state.
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