on Wed, Dec 13, 2000 at 08:28:49AM +0100, Nico De Ranter ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On Tue, Dec 12, 2000 at 06:25:51PM -0800, Eric G . Miller wrote: > > On Tue, Dec 12, 2000 at 02:29:23PM -0800, kmself@ix.netcom.com wrote: > > > on Tue, Dec 12, 2000 at 08:35:28PM +0100, Nico De Ranter ([EMAIL > > > PROTECTED]) wrote: > > > > Howdy, > > > > > > > > I just got a new computer and installed Debian on it (ofcourse > > > > :-). The installation uses 2 partitions, 1 of 5GB and 1 of 15GB > > > > (hey I have to do something with all that diskspace don't I :-). > > > > I did the same install as I always did starting from the Debian > > > > 2.2 cd's. However with the new PC every time I boot Linux will > > > > complain the filesystems weren't properly unmounted and will do > > > > a full check of the filesystems. I do ofcourse always make sure > > > > to turn off the machine by typing "halt".
> Anyway, when I run halt or shutdown I see all the messages relating to > the processes being stopped. I even see the message I put in right > before my "sync" addition. And still it seems to go wrong :-(. Might > there be a problem with timing. Since my second partition is rather > big (15GB) perhaps the sync doesn't get enough time and the machine > powers down before the sync can end. But on the other hand, the sync > is not run in the background so he should wait anyway. The strange > thing is that I didn't have this on my previous pc altough it was > running the same version of Debian. Try switching to init 1 (admin mode) and mounting and unmounting your disks. Can you do this successfully without requiring an fsck? -- Karsten M. Self <kmself@ix.netcom.com> http://kmself.home.netcom.com/ Evangelist, Zelerate, Inc. http://www.zelerate.org What part of "Gestalt" don't you understand? There is no K5 cabal http://gestalt-system.sourceforge.net/ http://www.kuro5hin.org
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