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Path: sserve!manuel!munnari.oz.au!spool.mu.edu!agate!ames!purdue!mentor.cc.purdue.edu!noose.ecn.purdue.edu!en.ecn.purdue.edu!maraman From: maraman@en.ecn.purdue.edu (Jason J Maraman) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Subject: Re: shutdown (The other one) source Summary: Using large DOS partitions Keywords: shutdown Message-ID: <1992Sep25.090938.5453@en.ecn.purdue.edu> Date: 25 Sep 92 09:09:38 GMT References: <38468@sdcc12.ucsd.edu> <19pqtqINNp6j@disaster.Germany.EU.net> Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network Lines: 27 In article <19pqtqINNp6j@disaster.Germany.EU.net>, bs@Germany.EU.net (Bernard Steiner) writes: > In article <38468@sdcc12.ucsd.edu>, afong@sdcc13.ucsd.edu (Krell Kraver) writes: > > I'm looking for source for the shutdown command that has the > > -todos option, because it doesn't work for me, and it looks > > like the one I see source for isn't that one. Or has this > > problem already been solved? > > ... I have a 100M DOS 5.0 partition working with 386bsd and the shutdown -todos command. You need use something to edit the partition table (I used Norton): 1. Find the entry for your dos partition 2. Change the magic number to the one for a DOS 3.30 partition Sorry I can't give the magic numbers, but they're at home and I'm on campus. This works because the shutdown commands scans the partition table for the entry with the DOS 3.30 and sets it active before rebooting. You get the error message if it does not find teh correct type of DOS partition. If you have any questions (such as more detailed directions) feel free to email at maraman@en.ecn.purdue.edu. If there is enough interest I post more detailed info to the net. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jason J. Maraman maraman@en.ecn.purdue.edu