On Wed, Dec 13, 2000 at 08:28:49AM +0100, Nico De Ranter wrote: > Anyway, when I run halt or shutdown I see all the messages relating to > the processes being stopped. I even see the message I put in right > before my "sync" addition. And still it seems to go wrong :-(. Might
But do you see messages about unmounting filesystems? If not, look at why /etc/init.d/umountfs.sh is not being run. It should be the last "S" symlink in /etc/init.d/rc0.d before "S90halt". > there be a problem with timing. Since my second partition is rather > big (15GB) perhaps the sync doesn't get enough time and the machine > powers down before the sync can end. But on the other hand, the sync > is not run in the background so he should wait anyway. The strange > thing is that I didn't have this on my previous pc altough it was > running the same version of Debian. > > Nico > > > > On Tue, Dec 12, 2000 at 06:25:51PM -0800, Eric G . Miller wrote: > > On Tue, Dec 12, 2000 at 02:29:23PM -0800, kmself@ix.netcom.com > > wrote: > > > on Tue, Dec 12, 2000 at 08:35:28PM +0100, Nico De Ranter > > > ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > > > Howdy, > > > > > > > > I just got a new computer and installed Debian on it (ofcourse > > > > :-). The installation uses 2 partitions, 1 of 5GB and 1 of 15GB > > > > (hey I have to do something with all that diskspace don't I :-). > > > > I did the same install as I always did starting from the Debian > > > > 2.2 cd's. However with the new PC every time I boot Linux will > > > > complain the filesystems weren't properly unmounted and will do > > > > a full check of the filesystems. I do ofcourse always make sure > > > > to turn off the machine by typing "halt". > > > > > > This is your problem. Try: > > > > > > $ shutdown -h now > > > > I don't think so -- man halt: > > > > NOTES Under older sysvinit releases , reboot and halt should > > never be called directly. From release 2.74 on halt and reboot > > invoke shutdown(8) if the system is not in runlevel 0 or 6. This > > means that if halt or reboot cannot find out the current runlevel > > (for example, when /var/run/utmp hasn't been initialized > > correctly) shutdown will be called, which might not be what you > > want. Use the -f flag if you want to do a hard halt or reboot. > > > > At least it works as advertised here; same for "reboot". I think > > this has been the case for some time under linux. > > > > -- Eric G. Miller <egm2@jps.net> > > > > > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --------------------------------------------------------- "It has been > said that there are only two businesses that refer to customers as > users: illegal drug trade and the computer industry." > --------------------------------------------------------- Nico De > Ranter Sony Service Center (SDCE/NEE-B) Sint Stevens Woluwestraat 55 > (Rue de Woluwe-Saint-Etienne) 1130 Brussel (Bruxelles), Belgium, > Europe, Earth Telephone: +32 2 724 86 41 Telefax: +32 2 726 26 86 > e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- Eric G. Miller <egm2@jps.net>
