[expert] System not successfully shutting down

[Praedor Tempus]

So far I can find no error logs to indicate what the problem/hangup is but 
every time I shutdown my Mandrake 8.0 system, it gets to the "shutting down 
system logger" and then just hangs and never powers down.  I wait and wait 
but finally just kill the power.  Of course, next time I boot up I have a 
bunch or inod errors that need fixing.

Where can I look to find the problem?  Any ideas what would prevent the 
proper shutdown?