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# Boots And Shutdowns

Start me up
Ah...you've got to...you've got to
Never, never never stop
Start it up
Ah...start it up, never, never, never
You make a grown man cry,
you make a grown man cry
(Rolling Stones)

This section explains what goes on when a Linux system is brought up and taken down, and how it should be done properly. If proper procedures are not followed, files might be corrupted or lost.

- An overview of boots and shutdowns
- The boot process in closer look
- More about shutdowns
- Rebooting
- Single user mode
- Emergency boot floppies