I seem to recall MPE 5.5 would hang on SHUT 4 for a long time.  It was okay to power off then, but one would expect the volume set recovery step of START to take a little longer.  It was worth it to wait for SHUT 6 if possible.  



Mark Ranft



> On Oct 24, 2022, at 4:43 PM, Robert Liesenfeld <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

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> I look for “Shut 6” as the indicator that powering off is safe.  Pretty

> sure the message for that even says “shutdown complete” or words to that

> effect.

> 

>> On Mon, Oct 24, 2022 at 13:18 James B. Byrne <

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>> Is there a positive console confirmation when SHUTDOWN SYSTEM completes

>> (MPE/iX-7.5pp5)?  If so then what is it?  If not then how does one

>> determine

>> that it is safe to cut the power?

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