On Tue, 21 Mar 2000, you wrote:
> Hi..
> When I do a shutdown -h now the system shutsdown the various file
> systems and then says system is halted..After this mine says..stopping all md
> devices, the screen then is filled with columns of scrolling numbers like
> d3>][<c383fcff] [<c383058e>]....Could anyone tell me how to avoid this..
> It does not seem to affect the shutdown as I do not get a warning message on
> reboot..I tried a sync sync before shutdown but it made no difference......
>
Your system is trying to auto-power down. You need to tell
it not to attempt to power down. Sorry, I forgot what you
need to edit or what changes need to be made, but basically
it's the APM trying to shut down your machine. It's just
better to manually power it down by pushing the power
button than to let Linux power it down....
John
