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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