The last two messages on my machine are as follows:
System Halted ( this is an approximation)
Power Down ( This is exact)
There is a slight pause between the two messages on my 486 style AMD 5x-133
system ( kind of old, but still works ).
Ernie
----- Original Message -----
From: bay56 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, October 01, 1999 12:09 PM
Subject: Re: [newbie] Ears don't work
> Can now report that it survies re-installs - so it probably is the known
one
> which the other fella posted about - I have noticed from time to time it
> must involve the powering down end of things, because it's only after it
> says that that I get the scollies!
>
> All I get to see it system halted - then rapid scroll - but what is it
that
> I should see at shutdown? Presumably some message about powering down?
>
> Regards,
> Ian
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> Or when that server is down go direct to http://www.btinternet.com/~bay56/
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Ernie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Friday, October 01, 1999 8:23 AM
> Subject: Re: [newbie] Ears don't work
>
>
> > Hey, Just for grins, try running fsck on your Linux partition. This is
> like
> > win9x's scandisk, and can fix some weird problems.
> >
> > Still guessing,
> >
> > Ernie
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: bay56 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Sent: Tuesday, September 28, 1999 6:49 PM
> > Subject: Re: [newbie] Ears don't work
> >
> >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: Ernest N. Wilcox Jr. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > Sent: Tuesday, September 28, 1999 11:06 AM
> > > Subject: Re: [newbie] Ears don't work
> > >
> > >
> > > > This one is a little beyond me. I do not know if the seg fault
matters
> > > > or not. But it may be indicating a problem developing. Do you use
> > > > another OS on the same machine, and if so, do you get the same
problem
> > > > at shutdown? If not, you could be experiencing file corruption under
> > > > Linux, and maybe a new install could fix things up ok. Hopefully,
> > > > someone else has greater knowledge on this subject, and can be of
> help.
> > > > I think a seg fault could meaan a flakey mem chip, but if so, it
would
> > > > show up in another OS as well. Thats why I asked the previous
question
> > > > about the other OS. Don't get upset about hardware just yet, and see
> if
> > > > the trouble can be fixed with the software. Sorry I couldn't be any
> help
> > > > this time,
> > >
> > > No worries - it has done it since it was installed as far as I know -
> The
> > > machine is the same in both OSes, but I have the two harddrives in
> > caddies,
> > > and only one is present at any one time. This means I keep them well
> > apart -
> > > I don't wan't anything MS contaminating linux if poss, and Linux is so
> > > efficient, that in my novice hands it might easily b detrimental to
> Win -
> > > bit like giving a baby a loaded magnum!
> > >
> > > Under win I have to say the system appears flawless (yes I know -
> > oxymoron!)
> > > I have no errors at all of any import.
> > >
> > > What I find odd, is that for this to happen at all, the report "system
> > > halted" must be incorrect surely, or at the very least premature?
> > >
> > > Plainly some part of the system has other ideas about that, hence the
> > error.
> > >
> > > It seems to be a "kernal paging request" which prompts the fault. But
> it's
> > > hard to tell for sure - there is so much extra detail it's hard to see
> > > what's really going on.
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > > Ian
> > >
> > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > http://www.zap.to/atelier
> > > Or when that server is down go direct to
> http://www.btinternet.com/~bay56/
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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