Re: shutdown/reboot/halt broken 1.3.39-42
Iain Riley (iain@enterprise.iinet.com.au)
Wed, 22 Nov 1995 12:18:55 +0800 (WST)
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> I originally posted with a problem with shutdown/reboot/halt under 1.3.41
> but I've done a bit more investigating.
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> I've found shutdown/reboot/halt has problems on all kernel versions I've
> tried after 1.3.37 (not just 41) - 39 41 42. 38 and 40 wouldn't compile
> with my config.
>
> Checking here it seems as though /etc/rc.d/rc.0 is not being run for
> some reason.
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> The TERM and KILL lines are displayed to screen and then rc.0 would normally
> be run to unmount disks displaying the unmounted message and Done!
>
> NO unmounted and done messages appear.
>
> Any advice anyone?
>
> Richard
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I have also had this problem, it appears to only happen when the system is not
used for much and then shut down, so that tasks are not swapped out.
The solution that I found was to kill most tasks before the shutdown. I think
that it is having problems with the update task.
Iain Riley
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