There is a kernel upgrade and a script fix available from the updates for 6.0 on the Mandrake website. Get them and install them. Your problem should go away. Ken Wilson First Law of Optimisation: The speed of a non-working program is irrelevant (Steve Heller, 'Efficient C/C++ Programming') -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Steve Winston Sent: Saturday, October 16, 1999 6:18 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] shutdown not happening cleanly. Help, please When I shutdown from Linux Mandrake 6.0, I get messages saying some files are still busy and aren't being shutdown right. Then, on booting up, a check is forced of the root partition, /dev/hda1, for having been uncleanly mounted. What could this be? Help? ===== __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Bid and sell for free at http://auctions.yahoo.com