FreeBSD Diary: Reboot And Shutdown System

Qustion

How can I reboot or shutdown BSD (FreeBSD) based system? (Command shutdown -h 0 is not working.)

Answer

FreeBSD or other BSD uses the shutdown or halt command to shutdown system. To reboot FreeBSD/BSD box use reboot command.

Shutdown FreeBSD

Use shutdown command to close down the system at a given time. You can type following command to shutdown system immediately:

# shutdown -h  now

or

# halt

Reboot FreeBSD

Use the following command:

# reboot

or

#  shutdown -r now

Probably you have guessed the parameter -h (halt) and -r (reboot).