I either get Unmounting local filesystem ... done rebooting
and all is AOK, or I get .... Unmounting filesystems ... and the system hangs !!!, ie no done !! My guess is it fails to unmount the file systems. my fstab is # /etc/fstab: static file system information. # # <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass> /dev/hda2 / ext3 errors=remount-ro 0 1 /dev/hda3 none swap sw 0 0 proc /proc proc defaults 0 0 /dev/fd0 /floppy auto user,noauto 0 0 /dev/cdrom /cdrom iso9660 ro,user,noauto 0 0 /dev/hdb1 /mnt/archive ext3 defaults 0 0 /dev/hda4 /mnt/debmain ext3 defaults 0 0 /dev/hda1 /mnt/win98 vfat defaults 0 0 my mtab is /dev/hda2 / ext3 rw,errors=remount-ro 0 0 proc /proc proc rw 0 0 devpts /dev/pts devpts rw,gid=5,mode=620 0 0 /dev/hdb1 /mnt/archive ext3 rw 0 0 /dev/hda4 /mnt/debmain ext3 rw 0 0 /dev/hda1 /mnt/win98 vfat rw 0 0 all looks OK to me except when it goes wrong, no hint or clue in /var/log Dave -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]