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  • From: Ron Clarke <ariadne AT ausreg.com>
  • To: baslinux AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [BL] shutting down
  • Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2006 09:30:53 +1100

Hi Folks,

On Tue, 21 Nov 2006 19:47:16 +0000 (UTC)
sindi keesan <keesan AT sdf.lonestar.org> wrote:

>
> halt does not seem to unmount the drive - when I boot into linux again
> later it does a long check.
>
> I could change inittab from:
> shutdown -t5 -rf now
> (-t5 = 5 sec warning, -rf reboot fast) to
> shutdown -h now - halt after shutdown
>
> But this also seems to result in checking the drive after I boot back to
> linux next time. Maybe I am not waiting long enough. Is there some
> signal that it is ready to turn off?
>
> I almost never want to reboot to DOS after shutting down linux - do other
> people?

Yes, I do that most mornings - I do internet/email with BL2, then re-boot
into DOS to start work for the day.

Regards,
Ron

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