I have failed so far at the attempt to get the persistent installation to shutdown at scheduled time. rc.local now starts cron upon boot properly but /etc/crontab doesnt reboot the pc at time I specify. I have configured it to shutdown at 10 AM but the unit has not shut down.
My /etc/crontab file contains the below:

# /etc/crontab: system-wide crontab
# Unlike any other crontab you don't have to run the `crontab'
# command to install the new version when you edit this file
# and files in /etc/cron.d. These files also have username fields,
# that none of the other crontabs do.

SHELL=/bin/sh
PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin
# m h dom mon dow user command
00 10 * * * sudo shutdown -h now
#17 * * * * root cd / && run-parts --report /etc/cron.hourly
#25 6 * * * root test -x /usr/sbin/anacron || ( cd / && run-parts --report /etc/cron.daily )
#47 6 * * 7 root test -x /usr/sbin/anacron || ( cd / && run-parts --report /etc/cron.weekly )
#52 6 1 * * root test -x /usr/sbin/anacron || ( cd / && run-parts --report /etc/cron.monthly )


Please advise if anyone sees the problem here. Keep in mind this Knoppix 6.7