[BusyBox] the command halt doesn't function with the kernel-2.4.2

[Erik Andersen]

On Sat Jan 19, 2002 at 12:32:41AM +0100, Goetz Bock wrote:
> 
> > > My problem is that when doing "halt" kernel 2.2.16 works correctly but  
> > > kernel-2.4.2 gives a kernel panic, as shown below.
> > > 	
> > > 	The system is going down NOW!!
> > > 	/#Sending SIGTERM to all processes
> > > 	Sending SIGKILL to all processes
> > > 	The system is halted.Press CTRL-ALT-DEL or turn off power system halted
> > > 	Kernel panic:Attempted to kill init!	
> I've this problem with all 2.4.x kernels I tried with Busybox, they all
> have APM enabled.

Hmm.  I uses it regularly on 2.4.x kernels and it works for
me.  So yeah, I would recomment using something much more
current.  Linux 2.4.2 is _very_ old now and is absolutely 
full of bugs.

 -Erik

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