Luis Baars on Tue, 14 Mar 2000 10:56:23 -0500 (EST)


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Re: [PLUG] why wouldn't shutdown work ? 

Hey,

Have you modified anything in the /etc/rc.d directory? Have you modified inittab in the /etc directory? I would make sure that all the files in rc6.d within /etc/rc.d exist. You should have a whole bunch of files that start with K and then the last two files should be S00killall and S01reboot. If these are all intact, make sure that the targets of these symbolic links are intact. The targets should be in /etc/init.d directory. Same exact names except without S## or K## appended to the front.

After verifying that, make sure /etc/inittab is correct. It should have something like the following in it:

l0:0:wait:/etc/rc.d/rc 0
l1:1:wait:/etc/rc.d/rc 1
l2:2:wait:/etc/rc.d/rc 2
l3:3:wait:/etc/rc.d/rc 3
l4:4:wait:/etc/rc.d/rc 4
l5:5:wait:/etc/rc.d/rc 5
l6:6:wait:/etc/rc.d/rc 6

Now try typing: init 6 <enter>
This is the same exact command as "shutdown -r now" except without the nice shuttdown message. If it starts shutting down, try running the shutdown -r now command once the system comes back up. If that doesn't work, your shutdown command is probably hosed and you may need to recompile it from source.

If init 6 doesn't work, try typing: init 1 <enter>
This will take you to single user mode. If this does work, then most likely your entries in /etc/rc.d/rc6.d are incorrect. If this doesn't work, your init routine is probably hosed. All I can say is recompile it and cross your fingers that this works. I would probably be wishing my non-existant backup routine is working at this point (I'm hoping that you have one).

Good luck.

Luis


----Original Message Follows----
From: Darxus <darxus@op.net>
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To: plug@lists.nothinbut.net
Subject: [PLUG] why wouldn't shutdown work ?
Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2000 15:19:35 -0500 (EST)


I'm typing "shutdown -r now", it's saying "The system is going down for
reboot NOW !!", and then just sitting there, still running everything.
Any idea what would cause this ?
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