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Originally Posted by porter
Are you at a shell prompt at a console?
Are you able to either log in as root or su to root?
Can you run "ps -ef" to show all processes running?
Have to tried "shutdown -h now" to power down the box down cleanly.
Can you run "top" and see what's busy?
Hello! Just so you know, I am even newer than a newbie, so you'll have to talk to me like I'm five.
Yes, I'm at a shell prompt.
I tried logging in with my system name and password, but it came up as incorrect.
I typed in the "ps -ef" and this is what I got: ps: illegal option --f usage: ps [-aChjlmMrSTuvwx] [0|o fmt] [-p pid] [-t Hy] [-U user] [-N system] [-W swap] ps [-L]
Shutdown -h now works -- yea! I didn't know how to do that before.
Top brings up a bunch of stuff. Top line reads Processes: 5 total, 2 running, 3 sleeping.
I am also able to change directories and see that my folders and files are still there.