On Tue, Oct 12, 2004 at 11:17:41AM +0200, Oliver Fuchs wrote: > Hi, > I am using FreeBSD 5.2.1-RELEASE and have compiled my kernel with optinion: > options EXT2FS > > In my /etc/fstab I have added: > /dev/ad0s6 /mnt/debian ext2fs rw 0 0 > > to mount my debian box. > > everything works fine except one thing: > Shutting down via shutdown -p now ends up in the message: > > syncing discs, buffer remaining 403938383838383838383 > .....giving up on 38 > > This means that FreeBSD is not able to umount/sync the mounted partition > clearly. > I have tried in /etc/fstab also the sync option but it ends up with the > "syncing discs giving up" error message. > Only if I umount the ext2fs partition gives me a clean shutdown. > > What can be done or how can I force the system to umount ext2fs partition > before shutting down?
It's a known bug: http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=kern/56675 There's a workaround suggested in this thread, which you already seem to know: http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-current/2004-August/035316.html -Radek _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
