Syrus Nemat-Nasser writes: > > On Fri, 3 Jan 1997, Terrence M. Brannon wrote: > > > Everytime I restart Deb 1.2, it says /dev/hda3 not unmounted cleanly, > > check forced. I exited. then turned off my laptop. What should I have > > done first? > > What you could do is use the command 'shutdown -h now' to stop all > processes and cleanly unmount your filesystems. When is says "system > halted", then turn the power off. > > Syrus. > > P.S. I don't use laptops. Someone else may have more to add here.
On a laptop (single user), I'd take it one step further; edit the /etc/passwd file. Copy the "root" entry and modify it. I renamed my second "root" entry to "shutdown". I then changed the program from "/bin/bash" to "/sbin/shutdown -r now". Optionally, you can delete the password field contents. Now when I need to shutdown my machine (like during a lightning storm), I go to an unused virtual console and login as "shutdown". -- -= Sent by Debian 1.2 Linux =- Thomas Kocourek KD4CIK [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
