Use this procedure when you want to shut down the OS and reach the ok prompt.
# shutdown -g0 -i0 -y Shutdown started. Wed Sep 19 15:17:45 PDT 2012 Changing to init state 0 - please wait Broadcast Message from root (console) on systemA.com Wed Sep 19 15:17:45... THE SYSTEM systemA.com IS BEING SHUT DOWN NOW ! ! ! Log off now or risk your files being damaged root@systemA:~# svc.startd: The system is coming down. Please wait. svc.startd: 126 system services are now being stopped. Sep 19 15:18:01 systemA.com syslogd: going down on signal 15 svc.startd: Killing user processes. Sep 19 15:18:07 The system is down. Shutdown took 22 seconds. syncing file systems... done Program terminated < . . . > {0} ok
The OS is shut down and the OpenBoot prompt (ok) is displayed.