On Thu, Sep 27, 2007 at 09:39:54AM +0900, Tejun Heo wrote: > [cc'ing Henrique and Jeff] > > Robert wrote: > > Hello, > > > > When shutting down this system running Linux 2.6.22.6, I get a warning about > > the possibility that the disks are not properly shut down. When the power is > > turned off, it sounds like the disks aren't spun down (but I may be mistaken > > on that point). > > > > http://linux-ata.org/shutdown.html claims that kernels newer than 2.6.21 > > will > > always spin down the disks, but is this really the case? > > The manage_start_stop files exist. > > > > Tell me if you'd like more detailed information about configuration and > > hardware. > > You're on debian, right? You need to update your shutdown utilities.
Thanks for your help. I'm on Debian, yes, and now I applied the change to /etc/init.d/halt in http://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/pkg-sysvinit-commits/2007-June.txt and I'm using HDDOWN=NEVER in /etc/default/halt, which seems to work. Robert > Henrique, what information should we put into the faq page to properly > direct debian users to needed updates? > > Thanks. > > -- > tejun > - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ide" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
