From owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Nov 9 20:07:59 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C3D0E16A4CE for ; Tue, 9 Nov 2004 20:07:59 +0000 (GMT) Received: from flabnapple.net (Flabnapple.Net [204.87.183.41]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8324043D55 for ; Tue, 9 Nov 2004 20:07:59 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from lists@rzweb.com) Received: from [10.0.1.3] (c-24-5-9-146.client.comcast.net [24.5.9.146]) by flabnapple.net (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id iA9K7uR7009301 for ; Tue, 9 Nov 2004 12:07:56 -0800 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v619) In-Reply-To: <3518.204.210.136.71.1100029872.squirrel@whatsthebigidea.com> References: <680B1855-3287-11D9-8E5A-000D93B0A5F4@rzweb.com> <3518.204.210.136.71.1100029872.squirrel@whatsthebigidea.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Message-Id: <031FBFF3-328B-11D9-8E5A-000D93B0A5F4@rzweb.com> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Ron Gilbert Date: Tue, 9 Nov 2004 12:07:41 -0800 To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.619) Subject: Re: Re: Shutdown X-BeenThere: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Gathering place for new users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 09 Nov 2004 20:07:59 -0000 ah...it's the -h option. I was doing "shutdown now", not "shutdown -h now". Without the -h, the systems halts immediately, without syncing the disks. Thanks! Ron On Nov 9, 2004, at 11:51 AM, David Radovanovic wrote: > >> I just installed 5.3-release, and everything is working great, except >> when I shut down. Every-time I reboot, I get errors that say the >> drives were not shut-down properly and it runs fsck. I am doing >> shutdown and everything seems OK. >> >> After the shut-down process, it says "to enter a shell or hit return >> for /bin/sh". Unlike Redhat, it never says it's safe to shutdown the >> machine. Is this correct, or am I doing some thing wrong to shutdown >> and/or reboot. >> >> This is a older machine and does not have the power-off support. >> >> Ron >> > > >> From one newbie (two years) to another. If you need to, then a >> graceful > shutdown is the way to go, i.e. shutdown -h now or just shutdown -h. > Maybe > there someone out there that knows better. > > Good Luck, > > David Radovanovic > WhatsTheBigIdea.com, Inc. > -- Creative ideas for the Web and beyond! > 249 Partition Street > Saugerties, NY 12477 > (845)247-0909 > http://www.WhatsTheBigIdea.com >