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From: yee@aix01.aix.rpi.edu (Crimson Avenger)
Subject: Re: What is it? (was Re: Current Run-Level: How can you tell?)
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Date: 5 May 91 18:26:20 GMT
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In the AT&T System 5, Release 4 book (Complete Reference by Obsorn McGraw-Hill)
I think you mean system initialization state levels:

State		Function 
0		Power off 
1		Single User mode
2		Multi-user mode
3		Multi-user with network
4		Not used
5		Shutdown to ROM
6		Shutdown and Reboot
s		Single-user mode
S		Single-user with remote console

With these definitions, I don't think some of them apply to PCs, I have a 
PC, but don't have unix up and running yet.  I think a couple of those 
don't apply to the PC, like Power off, or Shutdown to ROM.  I think in some
machine, you can literally power off the computer via a software command.  
Not on PCs yet.

Hope this helps, not sure.  .  

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