Re: Improper disk shutdown with 2.6.22.6?

[Tejun Heo <htejun@gmail.com>]

[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.

Henrique, what information should we put into the faq page to properly
direct debian users to needed updates?

Thanks.

-- 
tejun