Very Computer

by **Beverly Awanab** » Sun, 31 Dec 1899 09:00:00

I am very new to linux, I am using both KDE and Gnome with the same proplem.
I
log off and shut down. But for some reason my drive /dev/hda2 dose not
unmount
properly. So I have the forever boot up and loose things. What am I doing
wrong?? Help me if you can
Thanks
Bev.

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by **Gil Baron W0M** » Sun, 31 Dec 1899 09:00:00

I am a New user too but also had this problem..
If you do from root from the command line

shutdown -r now or shutdown -h now

it will shutdown -r for reboot -h if you just want to shut down
INSTANTLY in both cases, I mean now delay before it starts the process
of shutting down.

Quote:> I am very new to linux, I am using both KDE and Gnome with the same
proplem.
> I
> log off and shut down. But for some reason my drive /dev/hda2 dose
not
> unmount
> properly. So I have the forever boot up and loose things. What am I
doing
> wrong?? Help me if you can
> Thanks
> Bev.

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by **Mike Odegar** » Sun, 31 Dec 1899 09:00:00

It might be helpful to have more information about your setup.
What does Fdisk show? For example, what are all your partitions (hda1, hda2,
etc), and what are they used for?
What messages, if any, do you get if you try to shutdown as root?

Mike
========================

> I am very new to linux, I am using both KDE and Gnome with the same proplem.
> I
> log off and shut down. But for some reason my drive /dev/hda2 dose not
> unmount
> properly. So I have the forever boot up and loose things. What am I doing
> wrong?? Help me if you can
> Thanks
> Bev.

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by **Beverl** » Sun, 31 Dec 1899 09:00:00

dev/hda1/swap 101meg dev/hda2/linux 851meg dev/hda3/home no error messages
if thats what you mean.

> It might be helpful to have more information about your setup.
> What does Fdisk show? For example, what are all your partitions (hda1,
hda2,
> etc), and what are they used for?
> What messages, if any, do you get if you try to shutdown as root?

> Mike
> ========================

> > I am very new to linux, I am using both KDE and Gnome with the same
proplem.
> > I
> > log off and shut down. But for some reason my drive /dev/hda2 dose not
> > unmount
> > properly. So I have the forever boot up and loose things. What am I
doing
> > wrong?? Help me if you can
> > Thanks
> > Bev.

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by **YamYa** » Sun, 31 Dec 1899 09:00:00

If u shutdown ur machine, did u see a line that says "Power down" -on mandrake 7.0-
or something similar to that. If u don't, then u have to wait until that message
appears then u can witch off ur computer.
U can make sure that u don't have wrong configuration files like /etc/fstab on ur
system if u reboot ur system by either:
1. Type "reboot" in the console when u logged in as root, or
2. select shutdown and start from the menu of kdm "Log Off"
If ur machine restart over and u didn't see any error message, then u don't have any
wrong configuration files, but u have to wait until the above printed message.
BTW, check if ur file /etc/fstab contains a line like:

/dev/hda4 / ext2 defaults 1 1

/dev/hda(n) depends on ur system partitions, I have it "/" here on the fourth
partition. But the important point here that u see the line contains "defaults", if
so, it's O.K.

-YamYam.

> I am very new to linux, I am using both KDE and Gnome with the same proplem.
> I
> log off and shut down. But for some reason my drive /dev/hda2 dose not
> unmount
> properly. So I have the forever boot up and loose things. What am I doing
> wrong?? Help me if you can
> Thanks
> Bev.

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by **Mike Odegar** » Sun, 31 Dec 1899 09:00:00

That's fine. Partitions look good.

But try this:

Next time, exit out of Gnome or KDE, so that you are at the command prompt.
Type "exit" to logout as user.
Login as root.
Type "shutdown -h now".

Watch for any error messages.
Are there any error messages? If so, what are they?

Mike
=================

> dev/hda1/swap 101meg dev/hda2/linux 851meg dev/hda3/home no error messages
> if thats what you mean.

by **Michael V. Ferrant** » Sun, 31 Dec 1899 09:00:00

Here I was, minding my own business, and wouldn't you know it?

Quote:>I am very new to linux, I am using both KDE and Gnome with the same proplem.
>I
>log off and shut down. But for some reason my drive /dev/hda2 dose not
>unmount
>properly. So I have the forever boot up and loose things. What am I doing
>wrong?? Help me if you can

Never turn the power off without telling Linux that you want to shut
down first. I always logout and give the computer the old three-finger
salute, [Ctrl+Alt+Delete], and then turn the power off after Linux shuts
down. (Actually, I leave the computer on 24hrs, but just do that to reboot
the machine for Win95. Hey, what can I say? I hate Slutscape more than I
do WinHo's.) Try these from root, too:

halt
-or-
shutdown -h now

reboot
-or-
shutdown -r now

- Michael V. Ferranti [blades&inreach*com]
GNUke The Planet!
The GNUclear Network?

by **GENE** » Sun, 31 Dec 1899 09:00:00

> Here I was, minding my own business, and wouldn't you know it?

> >I am very new to linux, I am using both KDE and Gnome with the same proplem.
> >I
> >log off and shut down. But for some reason my drive /dev/hda2 dose not
> >unmount
> >properly. So I have the forever boot up and loose things. What am I doing
> >wrong?? Help me if you can

> Never turn the power off without telling Linux that you want to shut
> down first. I always logout and give the computer the old three-finger
> salute, [Ctrl+Alt+Delete], and then turn the power off after Linux shuts
> down. (Actually, I leave the computer on 24hrs, but just do that to reboot
> the machine for Win95. Hey, what can I say? I hate Slutscape more than I
> do WinHo's.) Try these from root, too:

> halt
> -or-
> shutdown -h now

> reboot
> -or-
> shutdown -r now

> - Michael V. Ferranti [blades&inreach*com]
> GNUke The Planet!
> The GNUclear Network?

And from the old-timer section, if all else fails, you can perform the following

trick:
sync;sync;halt

and your machine should go through an orderly shutdown. Old fashioned, but
it works on every *nix machine I have dealt with. It won't even throw
you into the single user mode, as the shutdown now script does.

Gene.

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