Bernhard Rosenkr�nzer wrote:
>
> On Tue, 1 Jun 1999, Tom Berger wrote:
>
> > I *really* hope someone at M works at this.
>
> Sure - actually not just someone, but several people at once.
I never really doubted it ;-).
But perhaps it would be a good idea to announce issues like that right
away? I know you people are busy, but posting a short mail on what you are
currently working on or what you are trying to fix right now might be in
someone's schedule?
That would give people a hint if their problems are due to their own faults
or to some inconsistency in M. Just a suggestion, though.
> > Failing to unmount the root file system on shutdown is *NO* 'minor glitch'.
>
> We think it's primarily caused by the fact that kernel 2.2.8 replaced
> update/bdflush by a kernel thread (we therefore removed /sbin/update from
> inittab), and announcements said bdflush was obsolete.
> The 2.2.9 kernel patch removed the kernel bdflushd patch without stating
> in the ChangeLog that /sbin/update needed to be activated again, so that's
> how the line comes to be missing in /etc/initrc.
>
> The problem should be fixed by activating the /sbin/update line in
> /etc/inittab (it's currently commented out).
>
> I've put an updated initscripts package on
>
> ftp://ftp.mandrakesoft.com/pub/bero/fixes/
>
> Please let me know if it really fixes the problem.
>
> LLaP
> bero
Thanks a lot for your efforts!
Regards
tom
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