David B. Teague wrote:
>
> The problem is that SOMETIMES, not frequently,
>
> shutdown -h now
>
> will stop before unmounting drives
>
> The correct answer is to upgrade, but is there anything I could
> do in the interim?
>
> I have a draconian set of deadlines, and I don't want to do anything
> that could result in this machine going down for any length of time.
>
Don't shutdown your machine.
[ducking under desk]
Ok, Ok, I have some real ideas to consider...
Idea #1 - umount the drives yourself:
sync;sync;sync
umount -a
shutdown -h now
Idea #2 - have shutdown wait a period of time before actually shutting
down
shutdown -h +5 # Check my syntax on the +5
Idea #3 - some combination of the above ideas
sync;sync;sync
umount -a
shutdown -h +5
etc.
HTH,
Keith
