From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: listmail Subject: debian shutdown info Date: Sat, 20 Oct 2007 02:18:16 -0400 Message-ID: <47199DA8.6000605@triad.rr.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from hrndva-omtalb.mail.rr.com ([71.74.56.122]:36458 "EHLO hrndva-omtalb.mail.rr.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753598AbXJTGd4 (ORCPT ); Sat, 20 Oct 2007 02:33:56 -0400 Received: from linserv ([65.188.228.203]) by hrndva-omta01.mail.rr.com with ESMTP id <20071020061757.OPVA4050.hrndva-omta01.mail.rr.com@linserv> for ; Sat, 20 Oct 2007 06:17:57 +0000 Received: from gamehub.localnet ([192.168.0.124] helo=[127.0.0.1] ident=HydraIRC) by linserv with esmtp (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1Ij7em-00018Q-Nm for linux-ide@vger.kernel.org; Sat, 20 Oct 2007 02:17:57 -0400 Sender: linux-ide-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org To: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org I was still getting this message on Debian sid w/kernel 2.6.22.6 and I could hear my drive spin back up before the PC went completely off. This was the fix which was a small edit on the /etc/init.d/halt script. It worked on two boxes. http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/debian-26/disk-might-not-be-spun-down-properly.-update-shutdown-utility-583307/