Re: force check on boot

[Wayne Topa <brittman@capital.net>]

disciple@exis.net(disciple@exis.net) is reported to have said:
> /dev/hda1 was not cleanly unmounted, check forced.
> 
> I'm getting this every time I boot my system.  When I shut down, I do
> either exit or logout, and then manually shut down the laptop.  Laptop is
> a Dell c610.  How do I fix this?  How do I get the laptop to shutdown
> without me manually pushing the button?

To shutdown the system, as root type
shutdown -h now
that will power down the system after closing all open programs.

Wayne
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