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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.wildstar.net!news.inetnebr.com!newsrelay.courtave.net!news.advicom.net!news3.crl.com!nntp2.crl.com!news.gv.tsc.tdk.com!news.iac.net!news.misty.com!sol.pdnt.net!news.oru.edu!news.uoregon.edu!hammer.uoregon.edu!leto.ou.edu!news.ou.edu!news.nodak.edu!plains.NoDak.edu!not-for-mail From: tinguely@plains.NoDak.edu (Mark Tinguely) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Powering Down Date: 10 Jul 1997 12:16:53 -0500 Organization: Computer Science Department, North Dakota State University, Fargo Lines: 14 Message-ID: <5q35e5$lpr@plains.NoDak.edu> References: <33c49208.1255785@news.dixonssurgical.co.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: plains.nodak.edu Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: jay@dixonssurgical.co.uk Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:44218 In article <33c49208.1255785@news.dixonssurgical.co.uk>, Jay Dixon <jay@dixonssurgical.co.uk> wrote: >I am currently running FreeBSD 2.2.1 and am shutting down using the >"shutdown now" command as directed in the handbook. > >When I power back on again I am told that "/" was not unmounted >properley and all the flags on my disk are dirty. the command "shutdown now" will put the machine into single user mode. the command "shutdown -h now" will sync the disks and halt the OS (actually puts it in a loop, pressing any key will cause it to reboot). Wait for the message that says it is safe to turn off the machine. --mark.