1 # Rebooting and Shutting Down {#sec-rebooting}
3 The system can be shut down (and automatically powered off) by doing:
9 This is equivalent to running `systemctl poweroff`.
11 To reboot the system, run
17 which is equivalent to `systemctl reboot`. Alternatively, you can
18 quickly reboot the system using `kexec`, which bypasses the BIOS by
19 directly loading the new kernel into memory:
25 The machine can be suspended to RAM (if supported) using `systemctl suspend`,
26 and suspended to disk using `systemctl hibernate`.
28 These commands can be run by any user who is logged in locally, i.e. on
29 a virtual console or in X11; otherwise, the user is asked for