>> "Andri" == Andri Bell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Andri> Everytime I restart my debian pc after having turned it off Andri> debian tells me at bootup that devices were not unmounted Andri> properly. I don't use any commands to shutdown debian, I just Andri> use the on/off switch when I'm finished. Apparantly that is a Andri> bad idea.
EEEK. It is. http://www.debian.org/~hp/tutorial/debian-tutorial.html/ch-start.html#s-start-shutdown Andri> If so, what is the command to shutdown? Surprisingly, it is "shutdown". See the above URL. Andri> Or is it simply cntrl/alt/del to cause debian to stop Andri> everything from running and then turn it off at memory Andri> checking? This will call shutdoen to reboot the system, so this is OK. /etc/inittab : # What to do when CTRL-ALT-DEL is pressed. ca:12345:ctrlaltdel:/sbin/shutdown -t1 -a -r now Ciao, Martin