Ian Melnick wrote:
Hello, all This problem has been happening for as long as I can remember... since I enabled ACPI power management (this comp doesn't do APM afaik). Kernels in question are from 2.4.17 to 2.4.20, I think (didn't use power management before that). I have two hard disks in this machine, hda and hdb. During a shutdown -h whatever, it gets close to the end of the line and says something like "Unmounting local filesystems...done". Then the power on one of the drives (dunno which one) clicks off and clicks back on really quickly. Then it says "Finishing something something hda hdb", and at that point both drives click off simultaneously. Didn't have this problem when there was only one hard disk in the machine. I've noticed this on two different computers - A Dell Optiplex GX1 with its original bios, and a Dell Dimension T something with its bios updated to the latest release. It has the same problem before and after the update, so updating it was pointless. Has anyone else had this problem? Is there something I can do to solve it (other than not using power management)? Thanks! Ian
Hello.I'm using a Dell Dimension XPS T600 with debian woody installed on the second (slave) hard drive, and I get this message during powerdown...
Unmounting local filesystems... done shutting down I20 system. This could take a few minutes... I20 system down. Power down.It doesn't power down of course. I have to hit the restart button and then the power button to turn it off. The I20 stuff is just something to do with the default kernal. I've recently compiled (several) new kernals. Firstly without apm, as I had tried all the bios and apm options with no success. (I have a Pheonix BIOS 4.0 Release 6.0, which I haven't updated.) Then I put apm back in as I was suddenly convinced I had missed something. I hadn't, it was just late and I was feeling desperate.
I haven't as yet tried the ACPI patch. However, I am comming to believe that it has something to do with debian being on the slave hard drive as I didn't have this problem when debian was on the master. (I have Windows2000 on the master now, no shutdown problems there.)
I'm afraid I've not been much help, but that's my story so far. Will keep you posted of any successes and failures.
(I'm using a hand-rolled kernal 2.4.18) Steve.