diff --recursive --unified sysvinit-2.76-old/man/shutdown.8 sysvinit-2.76/man/shutdown.8
--- sysvinit-2.76-old/man/shutdown.8	Mon Jun 22 12:43:59 1998
+++ sysvinit-2.76/man/shutdown.8	Mon Jan 25 22:52:44 1999
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 .B /sbin/shutdown
 .RB [ \-t
 .IR sec ]
-.RB [ \-arkhncfF ]
+.RB [ \-arkhpncfF ]
 .I time
 .RI [ warning-message ]
 .\"}}}
@@ -56,6 +56,11 @@
 .IP \fB\-h\fP
 Halt after shutdown.
 .\"}}}
+.\"{{{  -p
+.IP \fB\-p\fP
+Power off after halt. Note that this won't work together with -n (which 
+you shouldn't use anyway).
+.\"}}}
 .\"{{{  -n
 .IP \fB\-n\fP
 [DEPRECATED] Don't call \fBinit\fP(8) to do the shutdown but do it ourself.
@@ -111,6 +116,11 @@
 to run \fBfsck\fP(1) with a special `force' flag so that even properly
 unmounted filesystems get checked.
 After that, the boot process should remove \fI/forcefsck\fP.
+.PP
+The \fB-p\fP flag causes \fBshutdown\fP to create a file
+\fI/poweroff\fP which tells halt to power off. When halt checks for this 
+file, the filesystem should be read-only, so halt can't delete it. 
+\fBshutdown\fP will delete this file the next time, it's run.
 .PP
 The \fB-n\fP flag causes \fBshutdown\fP not to call \fBinit\fP, 
 but to kill all running processes itself. 
diff --recursive --unified sysvinit-2.76-old/src/halt.c sysvinit-2.76/src/halt.c
--- sysvinit-2.76-old/src/halt.c	Mon Mar  9 21:08:38 1998
+++ sysvinit-2.76/src/halt.c	Mon Jan 25 22:50:28 1999
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <getopt.h>
 #include "reboot.h"
+#include "paths.h"
 
 char *Version = "@(#)halt  2.74  24-Feb-1998 miquels@cistron.nl";
 char *progname;
@@ -161,6 +162,7 @@
 	int do_poweroff = 0;
 	int c;
 	char *tm = NULL;
+	int p;
 
 	/*
 	 *	Find out who we are
@@ -219,7 +221,23 @@
 		 */
 		c = get_runlevel();
 		if (c != '0' && c != '6')
-			do_shutdown(do_reboot ? "-r" : "-h", tm);
+		        do_shutdown(do_reboot ? "-r" : (do_poweroff ? "-p" : "-h"), tm);
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * Unless we're forcing the halt, check for existence of /poweroff
+	 */
+
+        if (!do_hard) {
+	  p = open(POWEROFF, O_RDONLY);
+	  if (p > 0) {
+	    close(p);
+	    /* POWEROFF should be deleted now, but the 
+	     * filesystem is probably read-only, so we
+	     * can't. Instead it's done in shutdown.
+	     */
+	    do_poweroff=1;
+	  }
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --recursive --unified sysvinit-2.76-old/src/paths.h sysvinit-2.76/src/paths.h
--- sysvinit-2.76-old/src/paths.h	Wed Nov 26 15:23:12 1997
+++ sysvinit-2.76/src/paths.h	Mon Jan 25 22:50:28 1999
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 #define NOLOGIN		"/etc/nologin"		/* Stop user logging in. */
 #define FASTBOOT	"/fastboot"		/* Enable fast boot. */
 #define FORCEFSCK	"/forcefsck"		/* Force fsck on boot */
+#define POWEROFF	"/poweroff"             /* Power off after halt */
 #define SDPID		"/var/run/shutdown.pid"	/* PID of shutdown program */
 #define IOSAVE		"/etc/ioctl.save"	/* termios settings for SU */
 #define SHELL		"/bin/sh"		/* Default shell */
diff --recursive --unified sysvinit-2.76-old/src/shutdown.c sysvinit-2.76/src/shutdown.c
--- sysvinit-2.76-old/src/shutdown.c	Sun May 10 10:33:40 1998
+++ sysvinit-2.76/src/shutdown.c	Mon Jan 25 22:51:39 1999
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
  *		  -k: don't really shutdown, only warn.
  *		  -r: reboot after shutdown.
  *		  -h: halt after shutdown.
+ *		  -p: power off after halt.
  *		  -f: do a 'fast' reboot (skip fsck).
  *		  -F: Force fsck on reboot.
  *		  -n: do not go through init but do it ourselves.
@@ -46,6 +47,7 @@
 int dosync = 1;		/* Sync before reboot or halt	*/
 int fastboot = 0;	/* Do a 'fast' reboot		*/
 int forcefsck = 0;	/* Force fsck on reboot		*/
+int poweroff = 0;	/* Power off after halt         */
 char message[MESSAGELEN];	/* Warning message	*/
 char *sltime = 0;	/* Sleep time			*/
 char newstate[64];	/* What are we gonna do		*/
@@ -79,6 +81,7 @@
   unlink(NOLOGIN);
   unlink(FASTBOOT);
   unlink(FORCEFSCK);
+  unlink(POWEROFF);
   unlink(SDPID);
   printf("\r\nShutdown cancelled.\r\n");
   exit(0);
@@ -95,6 +98,7 @@
 	"\t\t  -k:      don't really shutdown, only warn.\n"
 	"\t\t  -r:      reboot after shutdown.\n"
 	"\t\t  -h:      halt after shutdown.\n"
+	"\t\t  -p:      power off after halt.\n"
 	"\t\t  -f:      do a 'fast' reboot (skip fsck).\n"
 	"\t\t  -F:      Force fsck on reboot.\n"
 	"\t\t  -n:      do not go through \"init\" but go down real fast.\n"
@@ -218,6 +222,8 @@
   /* We're done, halt or reboot now. */
   if (do_halt) {
 	fprintf(stderr, "The system is halted. Press CTRL-ALT-DEL or turn off power\r\n");
+/* 	if (poweroff) */
+/* 	  init_reboot(BMAGIC_POWEROFF); */
 	init_reboot(BMAGIC_HALT);
 	exit(0);
   }
@@ -263,6 +269,7 @@
   unlink(FASTBOOT);
   unlink(FORCEFSCK);
   unlink(NOLOGIN);
+  unlink(POWEROFF);
   exit(1);
 }
 
@@ -293,6 +300,7 @@
   struct utmp *ut;
   int user_ok = 0;
   struct sigaction sa;
+  int p;
 
   /* We can be installed setuid root (executable for a special group) */
   realuid = getuid();
@@ -305,7 +313,7 @@
   strcpy(down_level, "1");
 
   /* Process the options. */
-  while((c = getopt(argc, argv, "acqkrhnfFyt:g:i:")) != EOF) {
+  while((c = getopt(argc, argv, "acqkrphnfFyt:g:i:")) != EOF) {
   	switch(c) {
 		case 'a': /* Access control. */
 			useacl = 1;
@@ -319,6 +327,8 @@
   		case 'r': /* Automatic reboot */
 			down_level[0] = '6';
   			break;
+	        case 'p': /* Poweroff */
+		        poweroff = 1;
   		case 'h': /* Halt after shutdown */
 			down_level[0] = '0';
   			break;
@@ -493,6 +503,16 @@
   chdir("/");
   if (fastboot)  close(open(FASTBOOT,  O_CREAT | O_RDWR, 0644));
   if (forcefsck) close(open(FORCEFSCK, O_CREAT | O_RDWR, 0644));
+  if (poweroff) {  
+    close(open(POWEROFF,  O_CREAT | O_RDWR, 0644));
+  } else {
+    p = open(POWEROFF, O_RDONLY);
+    if (p > 0) {
+      close(p);
+      /* We delete POWEROFF here (it can't be done in halt) */ 
+      unlink(POWEROFF);
+    }
+  }
 
   /* Alias now and take care of old '+mins' notation. */
   if (!strcmp(when, "now")) strcpy(when, "0");