On Wed, Apr 23, 2003 at 03:30:22PM -0400, Pisupati, Ajay wrote: > Hi, > I am not an expert, but I'll will tell you what I know. > > The dropping into single user mode is the default behavior of shutdown (if > you just type shutdown at the command line). > it's sounds like it's not reading the -r argument. > did you try typing shutdown -h now also? does it have the same behavior? > > are you tying halt or halt -f (just want to find out if the system is doing > hard reset after encountering problems w/ shutdown or you > are doing it that way on purpose) > > try typing 'runlevel' and see what it says. it should show you 2 things - > your previous and current runlevels. > > Have you tried shutting down w/ init? as in /sbin/init [0|6] > 0 shuts the system down > 6 reboots.
You need to enter root to get to single mode. Then remount the drive rw. mount -o rw,remount / # initscripts tell you exactly what fsck -y /dev/whatever sync umount / (depending on partition) shutdown -r now > > -ajay > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Dylan Beaudette [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Wednesday, April 23, 2003 1:31 PM > > To: debian-powerpc@lists.debian.org > > Subject: `shutdown -r now` problems > > > > > > Hi- > > > > after a recent power outage my 8500 will has been acting a > > little strange. > > > > normally a `shutdown -r now` command would bring down all services, > > unmount the FS, and reboot the machine. > > > > however, it now prompts me with "Give root password for > > maintenance (or > > type control-D for normal startup)" > > > > typing 'control-D' does nothing, giving the root password > > dumps me into > > (what appears to be) single user mode. from there i am able > > to issue the > > 'halt' command, and then perform a hard reset. > > > > here is where the biggest problem -- when i boot the machine > > back up it > > tells me that the FS was not cleanly unmounted and performs a check. > > > > is there anything i can do to get my machine to perform a `shutdown -r > > now` command correctly? > > > > thanks in advance, > > > > dylan > > > > > > -- > > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- Christopher F. Miller, Publisher [EMAIL PROTECTED] MaineStreet Communications, Inc 208 Portland Road, Gray, ME 04039 1.207.657.5078 http://www.maine.com/ Content/site management, online commerce, internet integration, Debian linux
