shutdown problem

[kholikt]

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Hi,

I am having problem with one of our L class server. When I issued a reboot command, the machine will reboot fine. But if I use a shutdown -h now command, after I saw the 0 buffer to flush message, the machine just halt there.

Last time, I will see other message tell me to reset or I can turn off the power.

What could be the possible solution? Anyhelp will be appreciated. I am running HPUX 11.00 with hardware and general patch applied

[Dan Hetzel]

Hi,

'shutdown -h [grace]' will halt the system, that's what '-h' stands for.
If you want to reboot the server, you should use the 'shutdown -r [grace]'.

When using '-h' you are given a message telling you when it's safe to switch the power off. This is normal behavior.

Best regards,

Dan

[kholikt]

yes, correct I should see the message, but I don't see this message. Nothing other than 0 buffer dirty, I am shutdown the server from a direct console.

[Hakan Dedorson]

Have you checked the rc-scripts for errors? For example a missing "stop_msg" tag willl cause the shutdown to hang.