On Sunday 09 December 2001 10:10, you wrote: > Hi Ed, > > First a correction, the unmounting error occurs on dev/hda1 and dev/hda5 > (not hda6). > > Second, to answer you questions: > > how are you shutting down the box? > > 1. from the prompt (not in any windowing system) I type "exit". this > takes me to a promp asking me for a login. > 2. i turn the computer off > > >what command? what is the last bit of info> on the screen as it shuts > > down? > > I don't use any command to turn the computer off - so I don't get any info > on shutdown. > > > thanks > > - eJ > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ed Tharp" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Sunday, December 09, 2001 9:37 AM > Subject: Re: [newbie] dev/hda6 was not cleanly unmounted > > > how are you shutting down the box? what command? what is the last bit of > > info > > > on the screen as it shuts down? > > > > On Saturday 08 December 2001 23:50, you wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > I am getting this error ( along with a long list of errors) on bootup. > > > > > > " ... dev/hda6 was not cleanly unmouted .." > > > > > > I checked http://www.mandrakeuser.org/docs/admin/amount3.html#fsck > > > > > > it indicated that either 1) i haven't run shutdown before turning the > > > machine off or 2) or were forced to reboot the machine because of a > > system > > > > freeze > > > > > > neither one is true. > > > > > > I was wondering how I can begin to fix this problem. > > > > > > thanks in advance. > > > - eJ > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- >- ---- > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com There in lays the problem. When you exit from a kterm, you have to be root, so if you are exiting as user and the command prompt comes up type "root" and then root password, then at the prompt type "halt" . You should get a normal shut down. HTH and sorry for butting in Ed. -- Dennis M. registered linux user # 180842
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