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[Ron Clarke <ariadne AT ausreg.com>]

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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