Very Computer

Upon doing a 'shutdown -y g0 -0'  on a Sparc 5
running Solaris 2.5 and CDE, I get the following
........................................................................
<nodename> syslogd: going down on signal 15
nfs umount:  <nodename>: vold (PID) server not responding:
RPC: Program not registered

/usr/sbin/vold[PID]:  problem unmounting /vol; Interrupted system
call
The system is down.

INIT:  failed write of utmpx entry: "s0"
INIT:  failed write of utmpx entry: "fw"
syncing file systems.....[9] [5] done
Program terminated
OK
..........................................................................
............

This is a standalone machine with no NFS mounts going at the time.

Which RPC program is the error refering to as 'not registered' and why?
What are the s0 and fw entries in utmp?
Can anything be done to alleviate these errors?  We've tried adding
a sleep 10 in the /etc/init.d/volmgt script after the kill line.  We have
also tried a grace period of 10 on the shutdown, no luck.

Thanks

And on the INIT: message, the FAQ says:

5.52) When I halt/reboot my system I get "INIT: failed write of utmpx entry"

    When the system shuts down, init(1m) updates /var/adm/utmp* to
    reflect that fact.

    If you have a separate /var filesystem, this operation will happen
    *after* /var is unmounted and init complains:

    INIT: failed write of utmpx entry:"s6"
    INIT: failed write of utmpx entry:"rb"

    You can safely ignore these messages.

    --- end of excerpt from the FAQ

Questions marked with a * or + have been changed or added since
the FAQ was last posted

The most recently posted version of the FAQ is available from
<http://www.fwi.uva.nl/pub/solaris/solaris2/>

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to opinions held by my employer, Sun Microsystems.
Statements on Sun products included here are not gospel and may
be fiction rather than truth.

And on the INIT: message, the FAQ says:

5.52) When I halt/reboot my system I get "INIT: failed write of utmpx entry"

    When the system shuts down, init(1m) updates /var/adm/utmp* to
    reflect that fact.

    If you have a separate /var filesystem, this operation will happen
    *after* /var is unmounted and init complains:

    INIT: failed write of utmpx entry:"s6"
    INIT: failed write of utmpx entry:"rb"

    You can safely ignore these messages.

    --- end of excerpt from the FAQ

Questions marked with a * or + have been changed or added since
the FAQ was last posted

The most recently posted version of the FAQ is available from
<http://www.fwi.uva.nl/pub/solaris/solaris2/>

--
Expressed in this posting are my opinions.  They are in no way related
to opinions held by my employer, Sun Microsystems.
Statements on Sun products included here are not gospel and may
be fiction rather than truth.

As for the "second" message regarding vold, I don't know why Sun has
never fixed this but you can eliminate these vold related messages
during shutdowns and init transitions by simply creating a link from
/etc/init.d/volmgt to /etc/rc0.d/K02volmgt.

For whatever reason Sun has not created an explicit kill for vold.

Just my two cents...

John Theobald
Sun Educational Services
Atlanta, GA.