Re: Here's an easy question, how shutdown debian?
In article <cistron.Pine.A41.3.95q.990718162352.113120A-100000@sp2n21.missouri.edu>,
Andrei Ivanov <c680789@showme.missouri.edu> wrote:
>> >
>> > Also check that in /etc/rc.d at the appropriate runlevel you have a umount
>> > script (it's the script that will get executed upon the shutdown to umount
>> > all the partitions).
>>
>> This should already be in place on a Debian system ;)
>
>You never know.
I can guarantee you it is.
>When I upgraded to 2.2.10 from 2.0.36, system would not umount the
>partitions properly because of some problem with scripts in rc.d. That
>caused quite a lot of file corruptions (esp in dselect data files, where
>info about each package is kept. I could not install anything)
>So better be safe than sorry
If that is true, then you have broken your system yourself. Debian
does it the right way out of the box, ofcourse. You don't think
we're shipping a broken distribution right ...
Mike.
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-- Bill, "The Terrible Thunderlizards"
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