LINUX MINT EMERGENCY RESTART/SHUTDOWN

LINUX MINT EMERGENCY RESTART/SHUTDOWN
The preferred way
ctrl+alt+F1  to login to the console
$ Login
$ password
# su
# Login
# password
# shutdown -h now

OTHER OPTIONS
shutdown -c ~ cancel shutdown
shutdown -h ~ halt = safe shutdown
shutdown -P ~ poweroff
shutdown -r ~ reboot
shutdown -F ~ force fsck after reboot
shutdown -h -r -F now ~ halt, reboot run fsck do it now

IF ALL ELSE FAILS

ctrl+alt+del restarts OS, but you lose all data