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Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2002 10:21:27 +0100
From: Corinna Vinschen <corinna-cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
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Subject: Re: /bin/shutdown on ME
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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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